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Semester Tes geography Flashcards

1
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Latitude runs?
Latitude measures?

A

Runs east to west
Measures North to South

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What is Latitudes 0 called?

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Equator

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Longitude runs?
Longitude measures?

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Runs North to South
Measures East to West

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The starting point of longitude?

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Prime Meridian

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5
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Latitude lines can also be referred to as?

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Parallels

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Longitude can also be referred to as?

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Meridians

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Locations found between 0 and 30 are called?

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Low latitudes

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Locations found between 30 and 60 are called?

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Middle Latitudes

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Locations found between 60 and 90 are called?

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High latitudes

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10
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The 4 things that affect the climate?
(Explain)

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Ocean current- bring cold air in the summer and warm air in the winter, keeps a mild temp
Rainfall- little to no rainfall: dry and humid
Landforms- Mountians can trap clouds making one side dry on side wet
Proximity to the equator- if your closer to the equator it will be warmer

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11
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What were the Spanish explorers that came from Spain to North America called?

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Conquistadors

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12
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What is the merging of cultures called?

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Cultural Convergence

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13
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What is a local military leader?

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Caudillo

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14
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What are the grassy plains in central North America called?

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Pampas

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15
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Islands made of coral are called?

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Cay

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16
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Naturally occurring underwater structures made out of tiny Dead Sea animals?

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Coral

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17
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Definition of Tropical storms?

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Winds on average 39mph

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18
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Def of Hurricane

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Winds 74mph and up to

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19
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The name of the ocean current that warms?

A

El Niño

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20
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The uppermost layer of the trees?

A

Canopy

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21
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People of Native American and European descent?

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Mestizo

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22
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People of African and European descent?

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Mulatto

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23
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Def of a Market Economy?

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Decisions about production, price, and other economic factors are determined by the law of supply and demand

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24
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Def of GDP per capita?

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Total value of goods and services

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25
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Def of command economy?

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A single central government makes economic decisions

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26
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Def of Traditional economy?

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Families produce goods and services for their own use

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27
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Physical characteristics of North America

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The Andes mountains, Amazon basin

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28
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Climates of North America

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Dry and Arid (Lima, Peru)
Wet and tropical (Amazon basin)

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29
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Ecosystems in North America

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Amazon Rainforest, Grasslands

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30
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What two mountain ranges dominate Mexico?

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Sierra Madre Oriental
Sierra Madre Occidental

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31
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An area of land that is high and flat?

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Plateau

32
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An area of land that juts out into any body of water?

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Peninsula

33
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The four tectonic plates that intersect the central plateau of Mexico?

A

North American Plate
Caribbean Plate
Pacific Plate
Cocos Plate

34
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Tectonic plates cause?

A

Earthquakes and Volcanoes

35
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The four geographic regions of Mexico?

A

Northern Pacific Coast
Southern Pacific coast
Gulf Coastal Plain
Yucatán Peninsula

36
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What geographic region of Mexico is Irrigation essential to?

A

Northern Pacific Coast

37
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What geographic region of Mexico is tourism important in?

A

Southern Pacific Coast

38
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Which geographic region of Mexico is one of the world’s major oil-producing regions?

A

Gulf coastal plain

39
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What three cultures make up Mexico?

A

Native Americans
Spanish
Mestizo

40
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What was the name of the Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs?

A

Hernan Cortez

41
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What Native American group dominated central Mexico?

A

Aztec

42
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The people born in Spain— who held high official positions?

A

Peninsulares

43
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People of Spanish Ancestry born in the Americas?

A

Criollos

44
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What was the name of large estates of land usually run as farms or cattle ranches?

A

Haciendas

45
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What was the labor system established in the Americas, which used Native Americans as slaves called?

A

Ecomienda

46
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The criollo priest who called for rebellion against the Spanish rule?

A

Miguel Hidalgo

47
Q

When was the Mexican Revolution?

A

1910

48
Q

When the revolution ended what government was put in place?

A

A democratic government

49
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What political party dominated Mexican politics for many decades?

A

Institutional Revolutionary Party

50
Q

The act of buying and breaking up large haciendas which were then given to landless farmers was called?

A

Land redistribution

51
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Farmland owned collectively by members of a rural community?

A

Ejidos

52
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Growing only enough crops to feed yourself and your family?

A

Subsistence Farming

53
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Commercial farms owned by a private individual or farming company?

A

Latifundias

54
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Farm crops grown for sale and profit?

A

Cash crops

55
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Workers who traveled from place to place in search of work where called?

A

Migrant farmers

56
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NAFTA stands for?

A

North American Free Trade Agreement

57
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What countries are apart of NAFTA?

A

United States, Canada, and Mexico

58
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Factories that assemble products almost exclusively for out of country consumers?

A

Maquiladoras

59
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Mexicos most important economic activities?

A

Oil and Tourism

60
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A narrow strip of land that connects two larger bodies of land?

A

Isthmus

61
Q

The three major land forms in Central America?

A

Mountainous Core
Caribbean Lowlands
Pacific Coastal Plain

62
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Four groups of people in Central America?

A

Europeans
Native American
Mestizo
African

63
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The name of armed forests outside of the regular army?

A

Guerrilla

64
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A military Dictator

A

Caudillo

65
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The network of services that support a community?

A

Infrastructure

66
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Tremors that can occur after an Earthquake?

A

After shocks

67
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A sudden fall of a mass of ice and snow?

A

Avalanche

68
Q

The Caribbean island can be divided into what 3 groups?

A

The Bahamas
The Lesser Antilles
The Great Antilles

69
Q

Countries in the greater Antilles?

A

Cuba
Jamaica
Puerto Rico
Haiti
Dominican Republic

70
Q

Central America is made up of a mass of islands also referred to as an?

A

Archipelago

71
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Types of islands in Central America?

A

Mountain tops
Coral
Active Volcanoes

72
Q

Def of Windward?

A

Faces the wind —> 200 inches of rain
(North and East side)

73
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Def of Leeward?

A

Facing away from the wind—> 30 inches of rain
(South and West sides)

74
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Why did Africans come to the Caribbean?

A

Brought as slaves to work on plantations

75
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Why did Asians come to the Caribbean?

A

Came on their own after slavery was abolished to work on plantations

76
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What do farmers plant and cell in North America (3)?

A

Sugar
Coconuts
Rice
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Cotton
Bananas
Coca

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