Geography Exam Semester 1 Flashcards
What is a peninsula?
A piece of land surrounded by water on the majority of its border, while being connected to a mainland from which it extends.
What is an island?
Any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys.
What is a migration?
Seasonal movement of animals from one region to another.
What is Longitude?
A geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on the Earth’s surface.
What is Latitude?
A geographic coordinate that specifies the north–south position of a point on the Earth’s surface.
What is the prime meridian?
coordinate system at which longitude is defined to be 0°.
What are the four Hemispheres?
North
South
East
West
What is elevation?
The act of raising
Who invented the colander we use today?
Pope Gregory XIII
Where is the Rio Grande?
On the border of Mexico and the United States
Who was Hornando Cortes?
A Spanish Conquesdor
What is the most populated country in South America?
Brazil
What languages are spoken in South America?
Spanish
Portuguese
Dutch
What does indigenous mean?
Something that is from the same place
What is a Megapolis?
Cities that are spread out into one city
What is the sunbelt?
A region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the Southeast and Southwest
What is a suburb?
A small town outside of a city
What is the Midwest?
A place in North America
What was Pangea?
The continents before they broke
Where are the Apennies?
Italy
Where is Paraguay?
A country in South America
Where are the Rocky Mountains?
3,000 miles from British Columbia and Alberta in Canada through Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and down to New Mexico in the U.S.
Where are the Appalachian Mountains?
Along the eastern side of The United States
What is a Cash Crop?
A crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower.
What is a Primate City?
The largest city in a region
What is a Maquiladora?
A manufacturing operation, where factories import certain material and equipment on a duty-free and tariff-free basis for assembly, processing, or manufacturing .
What is Substance Farming?
Is a self-sufficiency farming system in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families.
