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Arid

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Dry or lacking rainfall

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Chaparral

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small trees and bushes with Mediterranean climate

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Commercial Farming

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Growing farm products to sell to others

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Coniferous forest

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Mainly evergreen trees

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Desert

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Little rainfall to support plant life

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Desert scrub

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Small trees and bushes with dry climate

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Economic Activity

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Any action that relates to buying, making, and selling goods

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Forestry

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Planting, growing, and harvesting trees

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Freshwater

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Water that isn’t salty, also the creatures that live there

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Glaciers

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Large mass of ice near the Poles or high, cold mountain valley

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Highlands

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Mountainous climate where temp. and climate vary with elevation

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Humid Continental

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Climate with warm rainy summers and cool snowy winters

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Humid Subtropical

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Climate with hot rainy summers and mild winters with rain

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Ice cap

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Cold permanent ice and snow, too cold to support plant life

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Marine West Coast

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Warm summer, cool winter, lots of rain

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Mixed Forest

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Both coniferous and deciduous trees

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Shield

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Large core of rock at the base of each continent

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Subarctic

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Cold snowy winters and cool rainy summers

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Temperate Grasslands

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Short and tall grass with cool climate

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Tropical Grassland

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Grasses and scattered trees with tropical wet and dry climate

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Tundra

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Very cold, little precipitation, treeless plain

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Urban

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Found in or living in a city

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Vegetation Zone

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Large area with certain mix of plants and trees with similar conditions

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Ecumene

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Well suited for permanent settlement

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Hydroelectric power

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Electricity from moving water

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Plural Society

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Different cultural groups keep beliefs and traditions

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Rural

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Areas that are not close to cities

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Aborigine

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Original inhabit of a country

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