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Competency 22: Geography & Culture Flashcards

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Geography

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The study of the Earth & its people

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Location

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The place on Earth where a place can be found.

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Relative Location

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The location of a place, compared to other places on Earth.

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Place

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the features that make up a location.

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Physical Characteristics

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climate, land-forms, soils, hydrology, vegetation & animal life.

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Human Characteristics

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Language, religion, political systems, economic systems, population distribution, and quality of life.

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Physical Features

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Features formed by nature (landforms, bodies of water, plant life, etc)

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Human Features

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Features created by people (buildings, roads, and the people themselves)

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Natural (Formal) Regions

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Places with similar natural features, such as: 
climate regions (humid sub-tropical region) 
landform regions (big bed)
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Functional Regions

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A group of places linked by the flow of something else and organized around a node or focal point, such as:
The Amazon Basin (linked by flow of water)
The Dallas transit system (linked by flow of commuters)
Shopping malls
Bank branches

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Political Regions

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A region that shares a government and has the same leaders, such as: 
countries
provinces
states
counties
cities
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Population Region

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A region is defined by the people that live in it.

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Economic Region

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A region defined by the type of work, standard of living, and the economy of the people that live in it.

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Grid Systems

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Allows the location of a point on a map to be described and universally understood. Drawn over the representation of a place, and XY coordinates are used to assist in locating places on the grid.

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Resources

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Physicial material from the earth which people need and value, including:
basic resources-air, land, water.
Renewable resources- plants, animals
non-renewable resources- fossil fuels, sunlight, water

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Aquifer

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Layers of rock that contain water

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Basin

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bowl-shaped land area, surrounded by higher land

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Bay

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Inlet of the sea, smaller than a gulf

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Cape

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Point of land that extends into the water

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Cataract

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Large waterfall

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Channel

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The deepest part of a body of water.

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Coastal Plan

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Flat land along a sea or ocean

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Delta

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triangle shaped area of land at mouth of a river.

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Escarpment

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long, steep rock wall

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Fall Line

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area where rivers form waterfalls and rapids as they drop to lower land.

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Floodplain

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Flat land near edges of river; formed by floods depositing river soil onto the land.

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Inlet

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Area of water from a larger body of water that extends into the land.

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Island

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Land with water on all sides.

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Isthmus

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Narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas.

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Mesa

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Steep, flat-topped mountain

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Peninsula

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Land that is almost completely surrounded by water.

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Plain

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flat or gently rolling low land

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Strait

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Narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.

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Tributary

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Stream or river that feeds into a larger stream of water.

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Landform Regions of US

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West
Middle West
South
Northeast

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Landform Regions of Texas

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Mountains & Basins
High Plains
Central Plains
Coastal Plains

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Mountains & Basins

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Landform region of Tx. West Tx. Includes Chisos. Davis, & Guadalupe Mountains.

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High Plains

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Landform region of Tx. Begins at Caprock Escarpment. Part of US Central Plains. Includes Panhandle. Northernmost part of Texas.

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Central Plains

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Landform region of Tx. begins above Balcones Escarpment. Also known as Hill Country. Part of US central plains. ends at Caprock Escarpment. Central Texas.

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Coastal Plains

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Landform region of Tx. Follows the Gulf Coast. Starts @ sea level and gradually rises until it reaches Balcones Escarpment. Includes East & south TX.

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Physical Processes Occur in four areas:

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1) Atmosphere
2) Lithosphere
3) Hydrospehere
4) Biosphere

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Atmosphere

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The gases that surround the earth. Climate and meteorology

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Lithosphere

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Land. Plate tectonics, erosion, and soil formation.

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Hydrosphere

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Water. The circulation of oceans and the hydrologic cycle.

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Biosphere

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Living things on earth. Plant & animal communities and ecosystems.

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