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section 1 flash cards

1
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The study of everything on Earth.

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Geography

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2
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The way a person looks at something.

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perspective

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The scenery of a place (physical, human, and cultural features)

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landscapes

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4
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the study of maps and map making.

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cartography

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5
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The study of weather.

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meteorology

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An area with one or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas.

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region

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has one or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas.

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formal region

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Made up of different places that are linked together and function as a unit.

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functional region

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9
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Our awareness and understanding of the environment around us.

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perception

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Regions that reflect human feelings and attitudes.

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perceptual regions

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what are the 5 themes of geography?

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Location, Human-environment interaction, place, regions, movement.

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what are the two branches of geography?

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Human geography, and physical geography

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13
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the exact or relative spot of something on Earth

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location

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14
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the physical and human features of a location

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place

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15
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the ways people and environments interrelate with and affect each other

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Human-environmental Interaction

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16
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how people and things change locations and the effects of these changes

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Movement

17
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geographic areas with one or more shared characteristics

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Region

18
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circle the globe in east- west and north-south directions

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grid

19
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east-west direction

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latitude

20
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north-south direction

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longitude

21
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an imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between Earth’s North pole and South pole.

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equator

22
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Lines of latitude

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parallels

23
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Lines of longitude

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meridians

24
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an imaginary line drawn from the North pole to the south pole through Greenwich, England.

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prime meridian

25
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how parallels and meridians measure distance

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degrees

26
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two halves

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hemispheres

27
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the 7 large land masses

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continents

28
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collection of maps in one book

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atlas

29
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different ways of presenting our round Earth on flat maps

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map projections

30
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shortest route between any two place on the planet

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great-circle route

31
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has arrows that point to all four principal directions

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compass rose

32
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identifies the symbols on a map and what they represent

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legend

33
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connecting or bordering

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contiguous

34
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paired with climate maps at the beginning of units.

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precipitation

35
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elevation, layout, and shapes of the land

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topography

36
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shows the average temperatures and precipitation in a place.

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climate graphs

37
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shows the percentages of males and females by age group in a country’s population.

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population pyramids

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