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1st Quarter Geography Vocabulary (50 Words)
50 Vocab words for Quarter 1
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Geography
8th Grade
11/20/2013

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Watershed
Definition
A region of water that drains to a certain body water.
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Vegetation
Definition
Plants and trees in a region.
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Urban
Definition
A region with lots of people, like in the city.
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Tundra
Definition
A polar climate and vegetation region with a few large plants.
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Tropic of Capricorn
Definition
An imaginary line found at 23 1/2° South latitude.
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Tropic of Cancer
Definition
An imaginary line found a 23 1/2° North latitude.
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Subsistence farming
Definition
Farming done to feed one's own family.
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Strait
Definition
A narrow body of water linking two larger bodies of water.
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Solstice
Definition
the first day of summer or winter.
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Scale
Definition
What is used to measure distance on a map
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Runoff
Definition
Water not absorbed by the soil.
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Rural
Definition
A region with a few people living there, like in the country.
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Relative location
Definition
Where a place is compared to other places.
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Prime meridian
Definition
The main line of longitude.
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Population density
Definition
The average number of people living in a place or region.
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Plural society
Definition
The region with people from many different places.
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Polar region
Definition
And area of the earth that is very cold and receives little direct sunlight.
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Plateau
Definition
A flat elevated landform.
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Peninsula
Definition
Landform with water on three sides.
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Region
Definition
An area defined by things that are the same.
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Parallels
Definition
Another name for lines of latitude.
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One year
Definition
Earth's revolution time.
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One day
Definition
Earth's rotation time.
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Non-point source pollution
Definition
Pollution from many different things.
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Marine climate
Definition
Climate region close to an ocean that has little change in temperature.
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Map grid
Definition
Imaginary lines on a map that help to locate places.
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Landform
Definition
A natural part of earth's surface.
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Key/legend
Definition
Symbols on the map with an explanation of what they are.
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Isthmus
Definition
A narrow strip of land linking two larger land masses.
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Indigenous
Definition
People who are native to a region before colonialism.
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Hydroelectric power
Definition
Energy created by building a dam on a river.
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Hemisphere
Definition
Half of the earth.
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Habitat
Definition
The natural environment in which a plant or animal lives.
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Glacier
Definition
A large moving mass of ice.
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Geography
Definition
The study of the Earth and its people.
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Fossil Fuel
Definition
A natural energy source that is found on Earth.
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Equinox
Definition
The first day of Spring and Fall.
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Elevation
Definition
The height above sea level.
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Ecumen
Definition
A region that people can live in permanently.
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Ecosystem
Definition
A region with certain plants and animals.
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Economic activity
Definition
How people make money in a region.
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Distortion
Definition
What causes the change in shape of a place when shown on the map.
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Delta
Definition
The end of a river where it meets the sea and forms a triangular piece of land.
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Continental climate
Definition
Climate region far from the ocean that has a wide range of temperatures.
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Coniferous trees
Definition
Evergreen trees with needlelike leaves and cones.
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Colonialism
Definition
When one country claims another piece of land is their own.
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Climate
Definition
A pattern of weather over a period of time.
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Axis
Definition
An imaginary line the earth spins.
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Arid
Definition
Dry like it desert.
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Absolute location
Definition
The exact point of a place.
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