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unit 2 Flashcards

1
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Earth’s center

A

Core

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2
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The zone that is most of Earth’s mass

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Mantle

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3
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Liquid rock inside the Earth

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Magma

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4
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How forces in Earth create land forms

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Plate Tectonics

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5
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Plates slowly moving

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Continental drift

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6
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Crust stretches and breaks

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Rift Valley

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7
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Flattest surface on Earth, found on the ocean floor

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Abyssal Plain

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8
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Shallow water around the continents

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Continental Shelf

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9
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Deep valley at plate collisions

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Trench

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10
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Bends at the surface that are compressed down

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Fold

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11
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Breaks at the surface and when they move away

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Fault

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12
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Decay over time

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Weathering

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13
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Particles of sand, dirt, and mud

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Sediment

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14
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Movement of material

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Erosion

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15
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Thick masses of ice

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Glacier

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16
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Elevated flatland

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Plateau

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17
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Sediment build up at the base of a mountain

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Alluvial Fan

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18
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Sediment buildup at the end of a river

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Delta

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19
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Salt removed from the ocean

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Desalinization

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20
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Movement of water in the hydrosphere

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Hydro-logic Cycle

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21
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Small streams at the beginning of a river

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Head Waters

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22
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When a smaller river flows into a bigger river

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Tributary

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23
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The area drained by rivers

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Watershed

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24
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When a river meets an inlet

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Estuary

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25
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Landscape that is covered in water part of the year

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Wetlands

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26
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Water below the ground

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Groundwater

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27
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When all spaces are filled with water

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Water Table

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28
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The number of live births each year for every 1000 people living in a place

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Birth Rate

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29
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The process in which water vapor changes into water droplets

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Condensation

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30
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Planting different crops in a field in alternating years

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Crop Rotation

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31
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Plowing fields across a hill rather than up and down the hill

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Contour Plowing

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32
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An economic system in which the government decides what to produce

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Command Economy

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33
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All the features of people’s way of life

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Culture

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34
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Process when a culture adapts from another culture

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Acculturation

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35
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An economic system in which businesses are privately owned

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Capitalism

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36
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Broken down animal and plant material

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Humus

37
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When water turns into water vapor and rises

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Evaporation

38
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Downward movement of minerals in soils

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Leaching

39
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Destruction of forests

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Deforestation

40
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Replanting forests

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Reforestation

41
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Layers of groundwater

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Aquifers

42
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Communities of plants and animals

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Ecosystem

43
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An economic and political system in which the government owns production

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Communism

44
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Boundaries based on cultural traits

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Cultural Boundary

45
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Process of moving from one place to living in another

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Migration

46
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Total number of deaths each year for every 1000 people in a place

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Death rate

47
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A regional variety of languages

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Dialect

48
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Process of connections around the world

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Globalization

49
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Percentage of people who can read and write

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Literacy Rate

50
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The belief in one god

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Monotheism

51
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The economic system in which people choose what to buy and sell

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Market Economy

52
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Islamic house of warship

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Mosque

53
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Pride of one’s country

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Nationalism

54
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Boundaries that follow a feature of the landscape

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Natural Boundary

55
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The belief in many gods

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Polytheism

56
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The average number of people in an area

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Population Density

57
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Limit to the amount of a product that can be traded

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Quota

58
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Taxes on imports and exports

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Tariffs

59
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Growth in the proportion of people living in towns and cities

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Urbanization

60
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People who have been forced to leave an area

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Refugees

61
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Allows competition to set prices

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Free Enterprise

62
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Manufacturing based on machines

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Industrialization

63
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System of roads, ports, and other facilities needed by a modern society

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Infrastructure

64
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Total value of goods and services

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Gross National Product

65
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Total value of goods and services created in the country

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Gross Domestic Product

66
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Richest countries

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Developed Countries

67
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Poorer countries

A

Developing Countries

68
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Goods a country brings in from other countries

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Import

69
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Goods a country sells or trades with another nation

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Export

70
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The ability to produce something at a lower opportunity cost than another country

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Comparative Advantage

71
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Use of tactics that make imported goods more expensive than domestic goods

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Protectionism

72
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A payment or other benefit given by government to help a domestic producer

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Subsidy

73
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A nation’s exports minus its imports

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Balance of Trade

74
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Positive trade balance

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Trade Surplus

75
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Negative trade balance

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Trade Deficit

76
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Value of currency compared to another nation

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Exchange Rate

77
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Tame animals

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Domestication

78
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Huge urban areas

A

World Cities

79
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Large stores, offices, and social groups

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Central Business District

80
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The kind of agriculture that is practices around the world

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Subsistence Agriculture

81
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Farmers clear trees or brush for planting

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Shifting Cultivation

82
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Herding animals

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Pastoral ism

83
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Farmers grow products to sell to consumers

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Market Oriented Agriculture

84
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Operation of specialized farms to be more efficient

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Agribusiness

85
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Large buildings away from the CBD

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Edge City

86
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Boundaries that follow geometric patterns

A

Geometric Boundaries

87
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One or a few people decide on what is best for everyone

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Totalitarian Government

88
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People decide who will govern

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Democracy

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