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| The two times each year that the sun’s rays shine directly overhead at noon |
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| The weather conditions that occur there over a long period of time. |
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| Convectional, orographic, and frontal are the three classifications of seasonal climate |
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| A hurricane is a tropical storm with winds that have reached a constant speed of 74 miles per hour or more |
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| The transfer of heat in the atmosphere by the upward motion of air |
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| A periodic climatic change that causes the waters off the west coast of South America to warm |
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| The warming trend that occurs when gases in the atmosphere trap solar energy |
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| A measurement system of the earth that can be divided into three zones: low or tropical, middle or temperate, and high or polar |
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| A large circular system of flowing water that moderates a region’s climate |
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| Temperature and Precipitation |
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| The two most significant factors in defining different climates. |
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| The climate zone in which regions have a rainy season in summer and a dry season in the winter. |
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| The Average Amount of yearly rainfall |
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| What categorizes a region into being a desert climate zone. |
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| Flat, treeless lands that form a ring around the Arctic Ocean. |
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| When the subsoil of region is constantly frozen, the region has this. |
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| An interdependent community of plants and animals |
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| Vegetation in a chaparral would have this |
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| Drought resistant trees and shrubs |
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| The total of knowledge, shared attitudes, and behaviors of the members of a specific group of people. |
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| The spread of ideas and customs from one society to another. |
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| The process that members of one society decide to adopt a custom that they observe in another society |
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| A religion with many gods |
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| A version of a language that includes that includes changes related to class, region, or other cultural changes |
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| The average number of children a woman would have if she had children at the current rate for her country |
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| The rate at which a population is growing |
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| How to find the rate of natural increase |
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| demographers subtract the mortality rate from the birth rate |
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| The average number of people who live within the boundaries of a specific amount of land, such as square mile. |
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| The number of organisms a piece of land can support |
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| a king, queen, or ruling family holds political power |
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| citizens, or their elected representatives that hold political power |
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| A group of people with a common culture living in a specific location |
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| An independent unit occupying a specific area and controlling its internal and external affairs |
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| The government holds all or nearly all of the political power and means of production |
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All cities include residential, industrial, and commercial
The commercial core of a city Central Business District |
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| A city, along with its suburbs and exurbs, forms a |
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| A dramatic rise in the number of cities and the resultant lifestyle changes |
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| A capitalistic system, in which the production of goods and services is determined by demand from consumers |
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| The total value of all goods and services produced within the boundaries of a nation over a specified amount of time. |
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| The basic support systems needed to keep an economy going, such as transportation, energy, and water |
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| The total value of all goods and services produced by a nation’s businesses and industries over a specified amount of time |
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| A planned economic system, in which the government usually owns the means for producing goods and services, and determines rate and type of production |
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