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| the EXACT position on the earth in which a place can be found (Pizza Hut is located at 928 Lincoln Way East, Chambersburg, PA 17201. Its latitude and longitude is 40 degrees N, 78 degrees W.) |
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| the four main points on the compass; NSEW |
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| the term used for the weather patterns that an area experiences over a LONG period of time |
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| the way of life that distinguishes people; for example, government, language, religion, customs, beliefs |
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| fees charged by a government on imported goods |
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| the process of stripping the land of its trees |
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| the transformation of arable land into the desert, either naturally or through human intervention |
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| a country with a relatively high per capita income, where most people have a higher standard of living with access to more goods and services than most people in developing countries |
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| people who share such things as culture, language, and religion |
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| the study of the earth's surface and processes that shape it, the connections between places and the relationship between people and the Earth |
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| a halve of the earth; Equator divides N and S hemisphere; Prime Meridian divides E and W hemisphere |
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| a person who moves into a country |
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| the directions between the cardinal ones; NE, SE, NW, SW |
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| the watering of farmland with water drawn from reservoirs or rivers |
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| distinctive geographical area defined by elevation, slope, orientation, etc. Common landforms: mountains, hills, plains, plateaus… |
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| a very large city; a region made up of several large cities and their surrounding areas |
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| a material in the natural environment that people value and use to satisfy their needs |
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| a natural resource that can NOT be replaced once it is used; Ex: oil, coal |
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| the number of people living within a given area; Ex: per square mile |
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| an area of the earth that has one or more common characteristics |
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| the location of a place in relation to another place (Pizza Hut is across from the hospital and next to Auto Zone.) |
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| a natural resource that the environment continues to supply or replace once it is used |
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| a severe restriction of trade with other countries |
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| a person's or a groups level of material well-being, as measured by education, housing, healthcare, and nutrition |
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| expansion of cities into rural areas |
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| the condition of the bottom layer of the earth's atmosphere in a place over a SHORT period of time |
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| a group or chain of islands |
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| a social system in which property and goods are owned in common |
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| an area free of military control, where there are no troops or weapons |
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| zero degrees latitude, dividing the earth into north and south hemispheres |
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| a network of horizontal lines of latitude and vertical lines of longitude that aids in the location of places on a map |
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| power from the force of flowing water |
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| distance, measured in degrees, north and south of the Equator |
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| distance, measured in degrees, east and west of the Prime Meridian |
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| of, relating to, or bordering on the sea (examples: British Isles and Scandinavia) |
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| lines of longitude, measuring distance from the Prime Meridian |
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| a lake or river that is deep and wide enough to be traveled by ships |
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| describes a country not favoring either side in a quarrel, conflict, or war |
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| lines of latitude, measuring distance north or south of the equator |
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| a landform with water on three sides (examples- Florida, Italy) |
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| relating to the area outside of an urban zone; countryside, farms, etc. |
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| a landmass of great size but smaller than the continents |
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| a tax on imports, or in some countries, on exports |
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| special ways of looking at the earth; movement, region, location, interaction, place |
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