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Semester 1 Final Vocab Flashcards

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Functional region

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A group of places connected by movement, ex: regions which are drained by the Amazon

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Formal region

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A group of place that have similar attributes, ex: political region

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Sediment

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Particles such as soil, sand and gravel which is carried by water or wind and deposited

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Weathering

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The chemical or mechanical process in which rocks are broken down into soil gradually

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Mantle

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Thick layer of solid rock beneath the Earth’s crust and surround the core

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Crust

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The solid, rocky, surface of Earth

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Glacier

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Huge, slow-moving mass of snow and ice

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Moraine

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Rock, gravel, sand which is deposited by the glacier

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Mechanical weathering

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The physical broken down or weakening of rock by force applied by ice or root

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Chemical weathering

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The process in which the chemical structure of the rock is changed, usually by carbon dioxide or water

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Praires

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Temperate grassland characterized by a wide variety of grasses

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Savanna

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A tropical grassland with scattered trees located in the warm lands near the Equator

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Biome

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The major type of ecosystem in various regions throughout the world

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Front

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Boundary between 2 masses of air with different temperature and density

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Carnivores

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Meat-eating animals

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Herbivore

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Plant-eating animal

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Deciduous

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The type of tree which shed its leaves in a particular season

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Coniferous

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Cone-bearing tree, they survive in long, cold winter; these trees have thin needles instead of leaves

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Climate

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Weather pattern of an area which is constant for a long period of time

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Weather

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The condition in the below layer of atmosphere in a region for a short period of time

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Authoritarian

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A government form in which a leader holds all the power

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Democracy

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A system in which its people choose the government, the leader, the policies

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Emigrant

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People who leave a country to live somewhere else

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Culture hearth

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Where important ideas start and spread to other surrounding cultures

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Totalitarianism

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A system in which a central authority controls every aspect

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Birthrate

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Number of births per year

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Immigrant

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People who move into a country

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Urbanization

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Growth of a city populations

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Federation

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A government structure in which some powers are given to the national government but some are preserve to the local government

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Sovereignity

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A country’s freedom and power to decide its policies and action

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Diffusion

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Cultural element is transmitted from one group to another

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Confederation

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A system of government in which individual political unit keep their sovereignty and give limited power to the central government

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Population density

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Average number of people living in a given area

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Exports

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Items that send out of the country to sell

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Cottage industry

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Small-scale manufacturing without using technology, locate near home

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Quaternary economic

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Economic activities that focus on processing and sharing information, such as: education, research

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Commercial farming

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Raising crops or livestocks to sell in the market

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Geothermal energy

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Energy produce from the Earth’s internal heat

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Natural resources

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Material in the natural environment which human use

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Fossil fuels

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A type of non-renewable material, serve as fuel come from ancient dead animals and plants

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Imports

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Items which brought into a country for sale

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Nuclear energy

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Energy produce by fission: the process of splitting the Uranium nuclear in a reactor - release energy

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Solar energy

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Energy produced by the sun

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Subsistence farming

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Farming to produce enough for a family or a community

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Commercial industry

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Large scale manufacturing, require a large amount of employee to produce a large amount of goods

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Rain shadow

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Area with reduce rainfall, usually on the leeward side of a mountain

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Colony

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A territory which separated from a power but still under its rulling

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Literacy

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Ability to read and write

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Standard of living

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A person or a group’s level of well-being, measure by education, health care,…

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Per capita

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Per person

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Continental divide

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A boundary or area of high ground which separates river flowing toward opposites sides of continent

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Tributary

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River or stream that flows into the main river

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Drainage basin

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The entire area of land that is drain by a major river and its tributaries

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Hierarchy

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Rank according to function

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Free enterprise

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An economic system that allows individuals to earn, control and profit from a business in a open, competitive market

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Hinterland

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Area served by the metropolis

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Canal

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Artificial waterway

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Gross National Product (GNP)

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Total value of goods and service of a nation, including the output of national firms in foreign countries and excluding the domestic output of foreign firm

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Telecommunication

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Communications by electronic means

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Metropolitan area

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Major city and its surrounding suburbs

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Mangroove

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A tropical tree grows in swampy ground alongs the coastal areas

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Grain elevator

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A tall building equipped with machinery for loading, cleaning, storing and discharging grain

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Tundra

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Region with cold and cool temperature, and only specialized plants can grow

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Sunbelt

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Southern and southwestern states of the USA from Carolina to the southern of California, characterized by warm climate and rapid population growth

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Humus

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The organic material that results when plants and animals live in the soil die and decay

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Grain exchange

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A place where grain is bought and sold as a commodity

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Bayou

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A marshy inlet or outlet of a lake or river

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Fall line

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Imaginary line between Appalachian Mount and the Atlantic coastal plain, where rivers and streams form waterfalls and rapids as they descend from higher elevations to the coastal plains

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Lock

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A closed section of a canal where ship can change water level

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Secede

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To withdraw from a political and religious organizations

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Tariff

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Tax on import goods

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Bedrock

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Solid rock underlying the Earth’s surface

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NAFTA

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(North America Free Trade Agreement) phased out the trade barriers of USA, Canada and Mexico

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Province

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A territory governed as a political division of a country

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Maritime

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Border on or near the sea, use for navigation or shipping

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Mulatto

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A person with mixed African and European ancestry

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Canopy

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The uppermost layer of a forest where branches meet

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Tropical storm

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A storm with winds at least 39 mph, 63 km/h

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Mestizo

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A person with mixed Native American and European ancestry

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Coral

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Rocklike skeleton of tiny sea animals

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El Nino

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Warm ocean current off South America’s Northwestern coast that influences global weather patter

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Hurricane

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Storm form over Atlantic ocean with the speed of 74 mph (119 km/h)

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Hacienda

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Large Spanish-owned estate in America, which serve as a ranch or plantation

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Land redistribution

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A policy in which, land are taken from people who have many and distribute to the one have few or none

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Ejidos

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Farmland owned by members of a community

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Latifundio

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Large commercial farm own by a private individual or company

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Cash crops

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A farm crop grown for sale and profit

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Migrant worker

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Worker who travels to where work is needed

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Maquiladora

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Factory along the border of US and Mexico, that assembles goods for export

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