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Unit 1 GEOGRAPHY Flashcards

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1
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Geography

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Study of earth

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Location

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Where something is

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What are the two locations? Define them

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Absolute- Exact place on Earth

Relative Location- Relationship w/ another place

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Longitude

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North to East

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Latitude

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South to West

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Equator

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Middle of the Earth

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Prime Meridian, which way is it going?

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Line in the middle of the Earth (up and down)

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Place (Theme of Geography)

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Area of somewhere w/ humane characteristics

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What is Region?

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How the region is formed/changed.

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Name the three Regions, define them.

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Formal: Shares Characteristics

Functional: activity and distance

Perceptual: Culture identity

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Movement

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How it moves

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Humane Environment

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How we survive in an area

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Map Projection

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Method map of taking something curved and making it flat

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Physical Map

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Shows landforms

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Political Map

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Shows boundaries

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GIPS

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Geo Info System

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GPS

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Handheld device, helps you get around

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Pangea

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Continental Drift Theory

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Converging Plates

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Plates colliding

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Subduction

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Forced under

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Tectonic Plates

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Covering Plates

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Divergent Plates

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Spreading

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Subduction Plates

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Slides past each other

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Transforming Plates

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Subduction Plates

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Epicenter

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Middle of Earth

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Richer Scale

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Scales power of Earthquakes, 7 and up is bad

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Ring of Fire

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Volcanic hotspot

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Hydrologic Cycle

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Water passes vapor

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Topography

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Top of Earths surface

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Weather

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Day

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Climate

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Year

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Rain Shadow; Example?

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What the rain doesn’t touch, ex: one side of the mountain is dry while the other is wet.

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Temperature zone of Latitude

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Cancer

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Tropical zone of Latitude

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Capricorn

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Elevation/Altitude

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More elevation= colder weather the higher you go

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Continentality

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Measures land and water by temperature range.

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El Niño

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Cold in Winter; More rain in America during the time

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Permafrost

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Ground, rock and soil is freezing

39
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What are the Five Themes of Geography? Define them.

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Location- Where are you

Place- What it’s like (characteristics)

Movement- Where culture/people move

Region-How they are(same/different characteristics)

Humane Environment- How we survive in an area (their preference)

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Define Culture

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Knowledge, Attitude and behaviors shared/ passed on by a group.

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What are the main aspects of Culture?

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Language, Religion, Nationalism/Borders, Material/What they use, Environment

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Different Types of Movement?

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Diffusion, Migration, Globalization

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Environment is determined on what?

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How we build things

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Thematic Map

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Population

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Great Circled Route

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Shorter distance, avoids winds

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Landsat

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Satellites gives images (100 miles away)

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What are the three ways water moves?

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Tide, wave, currents

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Drainage Basin

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Area drainage by major river

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Fault

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Fracture in earths surface

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Convection Precipitation

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Occurs in hot, moist areas near equator.

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Orographic Precipitation

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Near mountain/ eve lasted areas

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Ice Cap

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Very cold all year w/ permit ice

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Subarctic

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Snowy winters, rainy summers

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Marine West Cost

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Warm summers, cool winters, rainy all year

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Tundra

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Very cold winters, cold summers and barley rain/snow

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Highlands

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Temperature and precipitation vary w/ elevation

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Humid Continental

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Warm, rainy summers- cool, snowy winters

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Mediterranean

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Warm all year, dry summers and short rainy winters

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Semiarid

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Hot, dry summers and cool, dry winters

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Tropical wet and dry

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Hot all year w/ some rain

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Humid Subtropical

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Hot, rainy summers and mild winters w/ some rain

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Arid

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Hot and dry with very little rain

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Tropical Wet

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Hot and rainy all year

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