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| the exact place on earth where a geographic feature is found. |
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| describes a place in relation to other places around it. |
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| Imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator. |
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| Imaginary lines that go around the poles, making east and west. |
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| A 3-d representation of the earth. |
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| Combined characteristics of land forms and their distributions in a region. |
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| Geographic Information System, a technology that uses digital map info to create a databank. |
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| Earth's center, made up of iron and nickel. |
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| Molten rock material formed when solid rock in the earth's mantle or crust melts. |
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| Solid rock portion of the earth's surface. |
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| Rock layer between the earth's crust and core. |
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| Device that measures the size of the waves created by an earthquake. |
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| point on the earth's surface that corresponds to the location in the earth where an earthquake begins. |
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| Wind-blown silt and clay sediment that produces very fertile soil. |
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| A fan-like land form made of deposited sediment, left by a river that slows as it enters the ocean. |
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| A ridge or hill of rock carried and finally deposited by a glacier. |
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| A way to measure info collected by seismographs to determine the relative strength of an earthquake. |
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| The chain of volcanoes that lines the Pacific rim. |
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| Natural processes that break rock into smaller pieces. |
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| Process that changes rock into a new substance through interactions among elements in the air or water and the minerals in the rock. |
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| The condition of the atmosphere at a particular location and time. |
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| The typical weather conditions at a particular location as observed over time. |
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| A long period without rain or with very little rainfall. |
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| A powerful funnel-shaped column of spiraling air. |
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| A storm that forms over warm, tropical ocean waters. |
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| Flat treeless lands forming a ring around the Arctic ocean; climate region of the Arctic ocean. |
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| Permanently frozen ground |
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| The transfer of heat in the atmosphere by upward motion of the air. |
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| An interdependent community of plants and animals. |
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| A named characteristic of broadleaf trees, such as Maple, Oak, Birch, and Cotton Wood. |
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| Term used for the temperate grassland region in the Northern Hemisphere. |
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| Taking existing elements of society and creating something new to meet and need. |
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| The cultural change that occurs when individuals in a society accept or adopt an innovation. |
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| The number of live births per total population, per thousand. |
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| Average number of children a woman of childbearing years would have in her lifetime. |
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| Number of deaths per thousand. |
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| A.K.A. population growth rate, the rate at which population is growing, found by subtracting the mortality rate from the birthrate. |
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| Average number of people who live in a measurable area. |
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| A graphic device that shows gender and age distribution of a population. |
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| Economic system in which production of goods and services is determined by a central government, A.K.A. planned economy. |
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| Economic system n which production of goods and services is determined by the demand from consumers. A.K.A. demand economy or capitalism. |
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| Govt. in which a ruling family headed by a king or queen holds political power and may or may not share the power with citizen bodies. |
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| Govt. in which an individual ora group holds complete political power. |
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| Goct. in which citizens hold political power either directly or through elected representatives. |
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| Basic support systems needed to keep an economy going. including power, communications, transporting, water, sanitation, and education systems. |
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| A representative lawmaking body whose members are elected or appointed and in which legislative and executive functions are combined. |
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| The cutting down and clearing away of trees and forests. |
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| Govt. run by a few persons or a small group. |
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3 types;
- A moral issue
- An economic dilemma
- A political problem |
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| The variety of organisms within an ecosystem. |
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| The process of breaking up large landholdings to attain a more balanced land distribution among farmers. |
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| A debt-reducing deal where in an organization agrees to pay off a certain amount of govt. debt in return for govt. protection of a certain portion of rain forest. |
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| A goct. run by generals after a military takeover. |
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| A military dictator or political boss. |
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| The average amount of money earned by each person in a political unit. |
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| Inability to read or write. |
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| Land that is reclaimed from the sea or other body of water by diking and drainage. |
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| A current of warm water from the Tropics. |
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| European Environmental Agency |
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| An agency that provides the european Union with reliable info about the environment. |
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| Political leader who made controversial remarks that defended former nazis and that immigrants found insulting. He resigned in 2000. |
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1. Location "Where is it?"
2. Place "What is it like?"
3. Region "How are places similar or different?"
4. H.I.E. "How do people relate to the physical word?"
5. Movement "How do things move and transport?" |
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| Where is the Ring of Fire? |
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| Around the rim of the Pacific Ocean |
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| A weather pattern created by the warming of the waters off the west coast of South America. |
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| Why did they choose Panama to build the canal? |
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| Because it would be easier for trade. |
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| What major factors cause weather? |
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-Water vapor
-Cloud cover
-Land forms
-Bodies of Water
-Elevation
-Air Movement |
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