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WH Flashcards

1
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Five themes of geography

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Location
Place
Region
Movement
Human-environment interaction

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2
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scientific study of the physical properties of the world

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Geography

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3
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geo-

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world

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4
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-graphia

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description

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5
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natural features and events in the world, study of climate, atmosphere, landforms and waterforms

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Physical Geography

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6
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learning about the distribution of human and cultural connections of the world

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Human Geogrpahy

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7
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where a place is found in the world

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Location

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8
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the exact point of a place, coordinates

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Absolute location

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9
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where the basis are places which surround it

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Relative location

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10
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characteristics of a location

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Place

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11
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ways to organise places with common characteristics

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Region

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12
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humans, objects and natural phenomena moving from one place to another

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Movement

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13
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how humans interact with its environment

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Human-environment interaction

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14
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known as meridian, equal in length, run in a north-south direction

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Longitude

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15
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known as parallels, run in an east-west direction, gets shorter towards the poles

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Latitude

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16
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determines the time of a country

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International Date Line

17
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66.5°N and 66.5°S

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Artic and Antarctic Circle

18
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23.5°N and 23.5°S

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Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn

19
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Equator and Prime Meridian

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0°

20
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90°N and 90°S

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North and South Pole

21
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occurs in a specific time in a specific place

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weather

22
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combination of atmospheric conditions in a place for a prolonged period of time

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Climate

23
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believed all continents were together called Pangea

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Alfred Wegener

24
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plates are always moving to form continents

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Continental drift

25
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jigsaw-like pieces of the eart

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Continental drift

26
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land diverges away; = continent

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Divergent boundary

27
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land converges to one another; = mountain

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Convergent boundary

28
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climbs on top of one another; = earthquakes

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Transform boundary

29
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Continents of the world

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South America
North America
Europe
Africa
Asia
Antarctica
Australia

1st z Quarter Exams (pointers to review topics) (14 decks)

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