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World Studies Chapter 1/2 test
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8th Grade
01/05/2012
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Hemispheres
 Definition
Are what divides the earth into two half shpheres both North and South.
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Prime Meridian
 Definition
Is the imaginary line that runs from north to south through the city of Greenwich, England and divides the earth into halves.
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Physical Map
 Definition
Is the type of map that shows landforms and water features.
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Pacific Rim
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Is the circle of countries that border the Pacific Ocean.
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Cartographers
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Are the people who study the science and art of map making.
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Plateau
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Is a raised area of level land bordered on one or more sides by steep slopes.
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Globe
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Is an actual sherical model of the earth that shows its shape, lands, distances, and directions as they truly are.
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Equator
 Definition
The imaginary line that circles the middle of the earth like a belt.
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Great Circle Route
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Is the imaginary line of travel along a great circle.
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Monsoon
 Definition
Is a wind that changes direction with the change of season.
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Peninsula
 Definition
Is a piece of land nearly surrounded by water.
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Axis
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is the imaginary line in which the earth rotates which causes day and night.
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Ring of Fire
 Definition
is the worlds active volcanoes that circle the Pacific Ocean.
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Latitude
 Definition
are the parallels that circle the earth like stacked rings and are measured in degrees north and south.
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Archipelago
 Definition
Is a group of islands like Japan.
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Typhoon
 Definition
is a tropical storm that develops in the Pacific or East asia.
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Longitude
 Definition
are the meridians that run from pole to pole and are measured in degrees east and west.
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Political Map
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us the type of map that shows the name and boundaries of countries and states.
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Hurricane
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is a tropical storm that develops on the U.S Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
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Seasons
 Definition
Are caused by the earth revolving around the sun.
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Robinson Projection
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Mercator
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Term
Goode's Interrupted
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Winkel Tripel Projection
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Term
What are four pieces of information that could be found in a Map Key?
 Definition

1. Scale

2. Compass Rose

3. Population Key

4. Elevation Key
Term
What are the four Cardinal Directions in a Compass Rose?
 Definition

1. North

2. South

3. East

4. West
Term
List the Seven Continents in order of land area size.
 Definition

1. Asia

2. Africa

3. North America

4. South America

5. Antarctica

6. Europe

7. Australia
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Subsistence farming
 Definition
Is farming that provides only enough food for a family or for a village.
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Commercial Farming
 Definition
Is raising crops and livestock for sale on the local or world market.
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Paddy
 Definition
Is a level field that is flooded to grow rice, especially in Asia.
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Khymer Empire
 Definition
Was an empire long ago that included much of present-day Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, and parts of loas
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Khmer rouge
 Definition
was a communist party in cambodia responsible for the deaths on millions of people.
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Angkor Wat
 Definition
is the huge hindu temple found in the rain forest of cambodia.
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Colonial Rule
 Definition
is when one nation gians control of another for the purpose of economic or political gain.
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Nationalist
 Definition
is someone who is devoted to the interests of his or her country.
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Krakatoa
 Definition
is the island in which a huge volcano erupted and cause huge destruction.
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Sumatra
 Definition
is the largest island of the country of indonesia.
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Peninsula
 Definition
is the landfor that makes up mainland sountheast asia.
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Monsoons
 Definition
are winds and rain that hit southeast asia multiple times in the year.
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Typhoons
 Definition
are hurricanes that hit southeast asia
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Ring of Fire
 Definition
Is the circle of the high earthquake activity and volcanic activity around the Pacific caused by earths plates sliding over and under each other.
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Rain forests
 Definition
Are tropical junges and vegetation that receive a great deal of rain and provide the earth with a source of oxygen and an abundance of wildlife.
Term
Pol Pot
 Definition
Was the Khmer Rouge leader responsible for millions of deaths in Cambodia.
Term

10 nations of Southeast Asia

 

 Definition

1. Brunei

2. Cambodia

3. Indonesia

4. Loas

5. Malaysia

6. Myanmar

7. Philippines

8. Singapore

9. Vietnam

10. Vietnam
Term
The Krakatoa island volcano is located in _______.
 Definition
The Krakatos island volcano is located in "Indonesia".
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The Krakatoa island volcano is located between the Undonesian islands of ______.
 Definition
Sumarta and Java
Term
The Philippines is an ____________________.
 Definition
Archipelago of 7,000 islands.
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_____ is the chief crop of southeast asia.
 Definition
Rice
Term
Much of southeast asia economically is _________.
 Definition
Developing Countries.
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