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Basic Geography

• Answers the question “What is it like?”– place

Basic Geography

• Answers the question “How do people, goods, and ideas move from one location to another?”– movement

Basic Geography

• Answers the question “where is it?”– location

Basic Geography

• The exact place on earth where a geographic feature is found– Absolute Location

Basic Geography

• Describes a place in relation to other places around it– Relative location

Basic Geography

• The imaginary line that encircles the globe, dividing the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres– equator

Basic Geography

• Imaginary line at zero meridian which divides the earth into eastern and western halves– Prime Meridian

Basic Geography

• Set of imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator and are used to measure distance to the north or south of the equator– latitude

Basic Geography

• Set of imaginary lines that are drawn from the north pole to the south pole and measure distance in the eastern or western hemispheres– longitude

Basic Geography

• Each half of the globe– hemisphere

Basic Geography

• A three dimensional representation of the earth– globe

Basic Geography

• A way of mapping the earth’s surface reducing distortions caused by converting a three dimensional object into a two dimensional object– Map projection

Basic Geography

• A general reference map; a map showing the natural and manmade features on the earth– Topographic map

Basic Geography

• The molten rock material formed when solid rock in the earth’s mantle or crust melts– magma

Basic Geography

• A fracture in the earth’s crust– fault

Basic Geography

• The chain of volcanoes that lines the Pacific Rim– Ring of Fire

Basic Geography

• A giant ocean wave, caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption– tsunami

Basic Geography

• A storm that forms over warm ocean water– Hurricane

Basic Geography

• The hypothesis that all continents were once joined into a supercontinent that split apart millions of years ago– Continental drift/plate tectonics

Basic Geography

• The earth’s surface from the edge of a continent to the deep part of the ocean– Continental shelf

Basic Geography

• The land on the leeward side of hills or mountains that receives little rain from the descending dry air– Rain shadow

Basic Geography

• The transfer of heat in the atmosphere by the upward motion of air– convection

Basic Geography

• Small pieces of rock produced by the weathering process– sediment

Basic Geography

• Organic material in the soil– humus

Basic Geography

• A ridge or hill of rock carried and finally deposited by a glacier– moraine

Basic Geography

• An area drained by a major river and its tributaries– Drainage basin

Basic Geography

• Powerful funnel-shaped column of spiraling air; formed over land– tornado

Basic Geography

• The typical weather conditions at a particular location as observed over time– Climate

Basic Geography

• The climate conditions at a particular moment– weather

Basic Geography

• A large circular system of flowing water that moderates a region’s climate– Ocean current

Basic Geography

• Flat, treeless lands forming a ring around the Arctic Ocean; a climate region– tundra

Basic Geography

• A named characteristic of broadleaf trees; such as, oak, birch, cottonwood…– deciduous

Basic Geography

• Another word for needleleaf trees– coniferous

Basic Geography

• A term for the flat, grassy, mostly treeless plains in the tropical grassland region– savanna

Basic Geography

• Taking existing elements of society and creating something new to meet a need– Innovation

Basic Geography

• The spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior to different societies– diffusion

Basic Geography

• The cultural change that occurs when individuals in a society accept or adopt and innovation– acculturation

Basic Geography

• The average number of people who live in a measurable area, reached by dividing the number of inhabitants in an area by the amount of land they occupy– Population density

Basic Geography

• The number of organisms a piece of land can support without negative effects– Carrying capacity

Basic Geography

• A type of economic system in which production of goods and services is determined by a central government, which usually owns the means of production– Command economy

Basic Geography

• A type of economic system in which production of goods and services is determined by the demand from consumers– Market economy

Basic Geography

• The total value of all goods and services produced by a country in a period of time– Gross National Product

Basic Geography

• The value of only goods and services produced within a country in a period of time– Gross Domestic Product

Basic Geography

• Basic support systems needed to keep an economy going; such as, sewers, transportation, electricity, housing, etc.– infrastructure

Basic Geography

• Permanently frozen ground– permafrost

Basic Geography

• Winds that blow from west to east in the northern hemisphere– Prevailing westerlies

Basic Geography

• A series of satellites that orbit the earth to pick up geographic data– landsat

Basic Geography

• Caused by a violent shift in the earth’s plates; measured by a seismograph– earthquakes

Basic Geography

• Point at which magma erupts onto the surface of the earth– volcano

Basic Geography

• A large, long-lasting mass of ice that moves with gravity– glacier

Basic Geography

• The point on the earth’s surface where an earthquake begins– epicenter

Basic Geography

• Marks the point furthest north that the sun can be directly overhead at noon– Tropic of cancer

Basic Geography

• Marks the point furthest south that the sun can be directly overhead at noon– Tropic of Capricorn

Basic Geography

• The total of knowledge, shared attitudes, and behaviors of the members of a specific group of people– culture

Basic Geography

• A group that shares a geographic region, a common language, and a sense of identity and culture– society

Basic Geography

• A group that only believes in one god– monotheistic

Basic Geography

• A religion that believes in many gods– polytheistic

Basic Geography

• A traditional religion, often believing in the divine forces of nature– animistic

Basic Geography

• An independent unit that occupies a specific territory and has full control of its internal and external affairs– state

Basic Geography

• A group of people with a common culture living in a territory and having a strong sense of unity– nation

Basic Geography

• Citizens, or their elected representatives, hold the political power– democracy

Basic Geography

• A king, queen, or ruling family holds political power– monarchy

Canada and the United States

• The result of Columbus creating interest in the Americas and the exchange of foods, animals, plants and diseases– Columbian Exchange

Canada and the United States

• Government in which the people rule through elected representatives– Representative democracy

Canada and the United States

• System in which the government exerts little control over businesses, resources, and technology and is operated for profit by private individuals– Free enterprise

Canada and the United States

• When corporations are involved in business worldwide– multinationals

Canada and the United States

• You are part of this industry if you work in fields such as information processing, finance, medicine, and education.– Service industries

Canada and the United States

• A government which divides power among national, state, and local governments– Federal republic

Canada and the United States

• When the development of cities occurs without planning– Urban sprawl

Canada and the United States

• The milder climate, fertile soils, and the railway system in Canada– Urban and industrial growth in Canada

Canada and the United States

• The majority party’s leader in parliament– Prime Minister

Latin America

• Factories in Mexico which are along the U.S. border and produce manufactured goods for export– maquiladoras

Latin America

• This country was colonized by the Portuguese– Brazil

Latin America

• Slash and burn– Technique used to remove the rain forest

Latin America

• A mix of native and Spanish influences– Culture of Mexico

Latin America

• Culture is influenced by different European and African cultures– Central America and Caribbean

Latin America

• They disrupt tourism, which is a major source of income in the Caribbean– hurricanes

Latin America

• A periodic climatic change that cause the waters of the west coast of South America to warm– El Niño

Latin America

• Buildup of carbon in the atmosphere; increase in temperatures; climate changes– Global warming

Latin America

• The warming trend that occurs when gases in the atmosphere trap solar energy– Greenhouse effect

Europe

• A current of warm water from the tropics which flows by the west coast of Europe– North Atlantic Drive

Europe

• Cold north winds that effect the Mediterranean coast of France– mistral

Europe

• Winds from African that effect the Mediterranean coast of Europe– sirocco

Europe

• The polders of the Netherlands– Human-environment interaction

Europe

• The canals (Grand Canal) of Venice– Human-environment interaction

Europe

• The Romans building aqueducts– Human-environment interaction

Europe

• This is what a nation is when it is dominated by another country– Satellite nation

Europe

• The dislike of Jews– Anti-Semitism

Europe

• This is when the government holds all or nearly all of the political power and means of production.– communism

Europe

• German and East Germany reunited– Two countries that formed one country

Europe

• To recapture Palestine from the Muslims– Goal of the Crusades

Europe

• Italy began the trend of learning and art after the Dark Ages (Middle Ages)– Renaissance

Europe

• A structure designed to transport water long distances– aqueduct

Europe

• Plains which produce crops in abundance for Europe– Northern European Plains

Europe

• This landform contributed most to the development of different ethnic groups in Europe– mountains

Europe

• The economies of a subregion of Europe were controlled by this group after World War II– Soviet Union/communists

Europe

• Athens developed this form of government– democracy

Europe

• The linguistic and religious differences in Europe can be traced to these two causes.– Control by the Roman Empire– Reformation

Europe

• Religious differences in the Balkans

• Anger over past conficts in the Balkans

• Nationalistic/ethnic feelings in the Balkans– Led to the current conflicts

Europe

• The process of a region breaking up into small, mutually hostile units– Balkanization

Europe

• This one item especially causes Poland’s water to be unsafe to drink– Lack of sewage treatment plants