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World Geo Final (9th) Flashcards

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Tungsten

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An extremely rare heavy-metal element essential in high-tech industry

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Iberian Peninsula

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A mountainous region in southwestern Europe that is included as one of the 3 major peninsulas. It is located in Spain and Portugal and separates the Atlantic Ocean for the Mediterranean Sea.

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Pollution Hot Spot

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A location where pollution and other human activities have led to the degradation, or even death, of an ecosystem.

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Continentality

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Effect of extreme variation in temperature and very little precipitation within the interior portions of a landmass.

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Pesticide

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Chemicals used to kill crop-damaging insects, rodents, and other pests

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Radioactive Material

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Material contaminated by residue from the generation of nuclear energy and weapons.

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Massifs

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A body of mountain ranges formed by fault-line activity.

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City-State

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An independently governed community consisting of a city and the surrounding lands, notably present in Ancient Greece.

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Chernozem

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Rich, black topsoil found in the Northern European Plain, especially in Russia and Ukraine.

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Privatization

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A change to private ownership of state-owned companies sand industries

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Czar

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Ruler of Russia until the 1917 revolution; originally from Latin word “Caesar”, title of Roman Emperors

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Permafrost

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A permanently frozen layer of soil beneath the surface of the ground.

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Karst

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Terrain dominated by limestone bedrock and characterized by rocky ground, caves, sinkholes, underground rivers, and the absence of surface streams and lakes

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Black Market

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Illegal trade of scarce or illegal goods, usually sold at high prices

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Renaissance

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Rebirth; the period in European civilization characterized by a surge of interest in classical learning and values

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Over Farming

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Situation in which land is repeatedly farmed on, so the soil nutrients are depleted

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Escarpment

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A steep cliff or slope between and higher and lower land surface

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Lingua Franca

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a common language used among people with different native languages

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Fault

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A crack or break in Earth’s crust

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Domesticate

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To adapt to plants and animals from the wild for human use

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Indigenous

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Native to a place

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Rift Valley

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A crack in Earth’s surface created by the shifting of tectonic plates

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Carrying Capacity

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The population that an area will support without undergoing deterioration

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Habitat

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Area with conditions suitable for certain plants or animals to live

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Desertification

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The destruction of land in arid and semi-arid areas, often caused by variations in climate.

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Delta

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An often triangle-shaped section of land formed as the waters of a river slow down and split into many channels as they deposit sand and silt that has been carried downriver

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Poaching

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Illegal hunting

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Transition Zone

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An area in which the properties of tee land undergo a radical change

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Drift-net fishing

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the use of fishing nets of great length and depth

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Aquaculture

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the cultivation of seafood

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Acculturation

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Cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture

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Islet

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a very small island

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Loess

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Fine, yellowish-brown topsoil made up of silt and clay, carried by the wind

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Coup

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An overthrow of the givernment

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Typhoon

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A cyclone that occurs in the western North Pacific Ocean (west of the International Date Line)

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Archipelago

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A group or chain of islands

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Tsunami

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A huge wave resulting from undersea earthquakes or volcanic activity that gets higher and higher as it approaches the coast

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Ideogram

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A pictorial character or symbol that represents a specific meaning or idea

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Clan

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a famiy group

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Cultural Divergence

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A separation of people or societies, with regard to beliefs, values, and customs due to a division under different political systems

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Commune

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A collective farming community

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Sustainable Development

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Technological and economic growth that doesn’t deplete the human and natural resources of an area

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Shifting Cultivation

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A form of agriculture in which an area of ground is cleared of vegetation, cultivated for a few years, and then abandoned in order to move to a new area

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Biodiversity

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The diverse life forms in a habitat or ecosystem

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Shatter Belt

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A region where political alliances are constantly splintering and fracturing based on ethnicity

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Buffer Zone

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A neutral area serving to separate powerful countries or those that are hostile to each other

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FreePort/Free Market

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A place where goods can be unloaded, stored, or reshipped free of imports duties

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Cyclone

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A spiral-shaped tropical storm with winds of at least 74 miles (119 km) per hr. and with heavy rain; occurs in the western South Pacific or Indian Ocean

49
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Why is the Ebro River notable?

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It is Spain’s longest river and has been dammed to provide a significant portion of Spain’s hydroelectric power

50
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How is flooding controlled in Venice, Italy?

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The city has built a complicated system of dikes and canals to help control the river’s outflow

51
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What river is the primary source of water for Rome?

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The Tibet River

52
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What are the 3 main mountainous peninsulas in Southern Europe?

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1) Iberian Peninsula
2) Italian Peninsula
3) Balkan Peninsula

53
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What is “Baltic Gold” and where can you find it?

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It is Baltic Amber found in Poland

54
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What is the weather like during the winter in Southern Europe? What is it like in the summer?

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Summer: warm and dry

Winter: mild and rainy (most of the rainfall occurs in winter)

55
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What part of Europe did the Soviet Union dominate after World War II?

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Eastern Europe

56
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What are Romance languages?

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A group of related languages that originates from Vulgar Latin
Ex: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

57
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Where do the Romance language come from?

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The language of the Roman Empire

58
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Why has the service sector increased in Southern Europe in the last 30 years?

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Because there was a decline in manufacturing sectors.

59
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Why did people move to the cities in Eastern Europe in the 1900s?

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Due to industrialization which led to urbanization. As more economic production moved to urban areas, more people moved there for employment.

60
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How did industrialization affect Eastern Europe’s population during the 1900s?

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It allowed more people to leave rural areas and move to major towns and cities

61
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What is Balkanization?

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The division of a region into smaller regions

62
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What characteristics would you normally see in an area that has undergone Balkanization?

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Division of countries

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What is grown in chernozem?

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Rice, wheat, sugarcane, and cotton

64
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What is the climate of Russia’s northern border?

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Tundra (or subarctic)

65
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What happened at Chernobyl?

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66
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Why was there so much pollution during the Soviet Union?

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