Vocab For Unit 1

Question 1

Study of where people, places, and things are located and how they relate to each other

Answer 1

Geography

Question 2

Bending of rock layers

Answer 2

Fold

Question 3

One single supercontinent

Answer 3

Pangaea

Question 4

Physical breakdown of rocks

Answer 4

Mechanical weathering

Question 5

Study of earths physical structure and history

Answer 5

Geology

Question 6

Mineral - rich dust and silt

Answer 6

Loess

Question 7

Weather pattern over time

Answer 7

Climate

Question 8

Sun appears directly over tropics

Answer 8

Solstice

Question 9

All forms of water that fall to the earths surface

Answer 9

Precipitation

Question 10

Place where beginning ideas form

Answer 10

Cultural hearth

Question 11

Leader(s) hold all the power

Answer 11

Authoritarian

Question 12

People hold some of the power

Answer 12

Democracy

Question 13

Total value of goods/services produced in a year

Answer 13

GNP

Question 14

Breaking of rock layers

Answer 14

Fault

Question 15

Circle of volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean

Answer 15

Ring of Fire

Question 16

Altering of rocks chemical makeup

Answer 16

Chemical weathering

Question 17

Condition of the bottom of layer of earths atmosphere

Answer 17

Weather

Question 18

Earths atmosphere traps suns heat

Answer 18

Greenhouse effect

Question 19

Sun appears directly over equator

Answer 19

Equinox

Question 20

Study of populations

Answer 20

Demography

Question 21

Spread of cultural traits from one place to another

Answer 21

Diffusion

Question 22

Freedom from outside control

Answer 22

Sovereignty

Question 23

Extreme form of dictatorship

Answer 23

Totalitarianism

Question 24

Materials taken from environment in order to live

Answer 24

Natural resources

Question 25

Belief and actions that define people’s way of life

Answer 25

Culture