Vocab For Midterm

Question 0

Define location.

Answer 0

: a place or position

Question 1

Define Geography.

Answer 1

: an area of study that deals with the location of countries, cities, rivers, mountains, lakes, etc.

Question 2

Define latitude.

Answer 2

: distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees up to 90 degrees
: an imaginary line that circles the Earth at a particular latitude and that is parallel to the equator

Question 3

Define longitude.

Answer 3

angular distance east or west on the earth’s surface.

Question 4

Define export.

Answer 4

to ship (commodities) to other countries or places for sale, exchange, etc.

Question 5

Define Import.

Answer 5

to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.

Question 6

Define map projection.

Answer 6

a systematic construction of lines drawn on a plane surface representative of and corresponding to the meridians and parallels of the curved surface of the earth or celestial sphere.

Question 7

Define Topography.

Answer 7

the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.

Question 8

Define Vegetation.

Answer 8

all the plants or plant life of a place, taken as a whole.

Question 9

Define mountain:

Answer 9

a natural elevation of the earth’s surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 feet (610 meters).

Question 10

Define elevation

Answer 10

the height to which something is elevated or to which it rises.

Question 11

Define plain.

Answer 11

: a large area of flat land without trees

Question 12

Define plateau

Answer 12

: a large flat area of land that is higher than other areas of land that surround it

Question 13

Define climate.

Answer 13

: a region with particular weather patterns or conditions

: the usual weather conditions in a particular place or region

Question 14

Define culture.

Answer 14

: the beliefs, customs, arts, etc., of a particular society, group, place, or time

Question 15

Define nuclear family.

Answer 15

: the part of a family that includes only the father, mother, and children

Question 16

Define extended family.

Answer 16

: a family that includes not only parents and children but also other relatives (such as grandparents, aunts, or uncles)

Question 17

Define monotheism.

Answer 17

belief that there is but one God

Question 18

Define Democracy.

Answer 18

: a form of government in which people choose leaders by voting

Question 19

Define Polytheism

Answer 19

: the belief that there is more than one god

Question 20

Define republic

Answer 20

: a country that is governed by elected representatives and by an elected leader (such as a president) rather than by a king or queen

Question 21

Define dictatorship.

Answer 21

: rule by a dictator : rule, control, or leadership by one person with total power

Question 22

Define technology.

Answer 22

: the use of science in industry, engineering, etc., to invent useful things or to solve problems

Question 23

Define diffusion.

Answer 23

the spread of cultural elements from one area or group of people to others by contact

Question 24

Define Subculture

Answer 24

a culture (as of bacteria) derived from another culture

Question 25

Define Ethnocentrism

Answer 25

having or based on the idea that your own group or culture is better or more important than others

Question 26

Define Racism

Answer 26

: poor treatment of or violence against people because of their race

Question 27

Define Escarpment

Answer 27

: a long cliff or steep slope that separates two flat or slightly sloped areas

Question 28

Define cataract

Answer 28

a obsolete : waterspout
b : waterfall; especially : a large one over a precipice
c : steep rapids in a river
d : downpour, flood

Question 29

Define hydroelectric power

Answer 29

: of or relating to production of electricity by waterpower

Question 30

Define tropics

Answer 30

: either one of the two imaginary lines that circle the Earth to the north and south of the equator

the tropics : the part of the world that is near the equator where the weather is very warm

Question 31

Define drought

Answer 31

: a long period of time during which there is very little or no rain

Question 32

Define desertification

Answer 32

the process by which an area becomes a desert

Question 33

Define Hieroglyphics

Answer 33

written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters

Question 34

Define mosque

Answer 34

a building that is used for Muslim religious services

Question 35

Define city-state

Answer 35

a state that has its own government and consists of a city and the area around it

Question 36

Define lineage

Answer 36

: the people who were in someone’s family in past times

Question 37

Define consensus

Answer 37

: a general agreement about something : an idea or opinion that is shared by all the people in a group

Question 38

Define subsistence farmer

Answer 38

the amount of food, money, etc., that is needed to stay alive

Question 39

Define polygamy

Answer 39

: the state or practice of being married to more than one person at the same time

Question 40

Define abolition

Answer 40

: the act of officially ending or stopping something : the act of abolishing something; specifically : the act of abolishing slavery

Question 41

Define diaspora

Answer 41

: a group of people who live outside the area in which they had lived for a long time or in which their ancestors lived

Question 42

Define boycott

Answer 42

: to refuse to buy, use, or participate in (something) as a way of protesting : to stop using the goods or services of (a company, country, etc.) until changes are made

Question 43

Define guerrilla warfare

Answer 43

: military actions carried out by small forces in the rear of an enemy with the object of harassing the enemy, interrupting his lines of communication, and destroying his supplies

Question 44

Define secede

Answer 44

: to separate from a nation or state and become independent

Question 45

Define democratization

Answer 45

: to make (a country or organization) more democratic

Question 46

Define socialism

Answer 46

: a way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the government rather than by individual people and companies

Question 47

Define ethnicity

Answer 47

: ethnic quality or affiliation
2
: a particular ethnic affiliation or group

Question 48

Define apartheid

Answer 48

: a former social system in South Africa in which black people and people from other racial groups did not have the same political and economic rights as white people and were forced to live separately from white people