Final Flashcards
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Is the study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create.
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Geography
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Is all human and physical features that make it unique.
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Landscape
3
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Is a field that studies people and the relationships among them.
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Social science
4
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Is a part of the world that has one or more common features that distinguish it from surrounding areas.
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Region
5
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What are the 3 levels of organization in geography?
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Local level, regional level, and global level
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Is a flat drawing that shows all or part of Earth’s surface.
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Map
7
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Is a spherical, or ball-shaped, model of the entire planet
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Globe
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How are globes and maps similar?
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Both are to locate and show what the world looks like
9
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What are the 5 themes of geography?
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Location, place, regions, movement and human-environment interaction
10
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Where something is.
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Location
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Describes the features that make a site unique
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Place
12
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Are areas that share common characteristics
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Regions
13
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Looks at how and why people and things move.
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Movement
14
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People interact with their environment in many ways.
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Human-environment interaction
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A specific description like this one.
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Absolute location
16
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This general description of where a place lies
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Relative location
17
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What are 2 branches of geography?
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Physical and human geography
18
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Is the study of the world’s people, communities and landscapes
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Human geography
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Is the study of the world’s physical features, its landforms, bodies of water, climates, soils and plants
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Physical geography
20
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The science of making maps
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Meteorology
21
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A region’s average weather conditions over a long period
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Climate
22
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What parts of the earth receives the most heat of the sun?
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The part of the earth that is tilted towards the sun
23
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Seasonal winds that bring either dry or moist air
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Monsoon
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What is an environment?
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Surroundings
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Is a group of plants and animals that depend on each other for survival and the environment in which they live
Ecosystem
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Is any material in nature that people used and value
Natural resource
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2 types of natural resources.
Air, soil
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The production of electricity from water power
Hydroelectric power
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Is the set of beliefs, values, and practices that a group has in common
Culture
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Is an activity or behavior in which people often take part
Culture trait
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The spread of culture traits from one region to another
Cultural diffusion
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Is a form of government in which the people elect leaders and rule by majority
Democracy
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Is a political system in which the government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country
Communism
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What is the difference between developed and developing countries?
Developed has strong economies and developing has less productive economies
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The process in which countries are increasingly linked to each other though culture and trade.
Globalization
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Piece of land surrounded on three sides by water.
Peninsula
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Capital of Mexico
Mexico City
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Climate of the Yucatan peninsula?
Hot and dry
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Mexico's most important resource?
Petroleum and oil
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Was a mexican catholic priest.
Miguel hidalgo
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A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas
Isthmus
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A large group of islands
Archipelago
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What is the major resource in Central America and the Caribbean?
Coffee, bananas, sugarcane and cotton
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What is the official language of Belize?
English
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A war between political factions or regions within the same country
Civil war
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The canal cuts across the isthmus of Panama and is a key conduit for international maritime trade
Panama canal
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A regional variety of a language
Dialect
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Main language in Panama
Spanish
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Malin religion in Mexico
Catholic
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Main religion in Panama
Roman catholicism
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What is the world's largest river?
Amazon River
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Is a partially enclosed body of water, where freshwater mixes with salty seawater
Estuary
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The clearing of trees
Deforestation
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Who were the first persons to live in Brazil?
American Indias
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What european colonized brazil?
Portugal
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Main religion in brazil
Roman catholic
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A giant urban area that includes surrounding cities and suburbs
Megacity
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Means completely surrounded by land with no direct access to the ocean
Landlocked
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Mediterranean climate
Warm and dry
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Largest city in Greece
Athens
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Is a narrow inlet of the sea set between high rocky cliffs
Fjord
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An ocean current flowing toward the british
North Atlantic drift
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Which 2 cities are the central to the economy of the British isles?
The Republic of Ireland and United Kingdom
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A system of government in which a monarch shares power with a constitutionally organized government
Constitutional monarchy
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Were Scandinavian warriors who raided Europe and the Mediterranean in the early middle ages
Vikings
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Largest country in scandinavia
Sweden
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Which Northern European city is a major European economic center?
United Kingdom and Ireland republic
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What does czar mean?
Emperor
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What 3 countries make up the Caucasus?
Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan
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The government owns all businesses
Command economy
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Which Caucasus country has a economy based on oil?
Azerbaijan
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Main natural resources of Eastern Mediterranean
Valuable minerals and water
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This desert of rock and gravel. Covered much of Syria and Jordan
Syrian desert
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Known as the father of the turks, was the first president, he modernized Turkey
Kemal Atatürk
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Government of Turkey
National Assembly
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Turkey's largest city
Istanbul
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This dispersal of the Jewish population
Diaspora
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Israel's largest city
Jerusalem and Tel Aviv
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Means "fit" in Hebrew, is the term used for food allowed under Jewish dietary laws
Kosher
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Arabic-speaking nomads who mostly live in the deserts of southwest Asia
Bedouins
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What country ruled Lebanon during WWI?
France
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Climate of most Israel, Jordan and Syria is..
Desert
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It is the world's longest river
Nile River
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Which countries make up North Africa?
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt
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It is between the Sinai and the rest of Egypt
Suez Canal
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Main language of North Africa
Arabic
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Divided Indian society into groups based on a person's birth or occupation
Caste system
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Main religion in India
Hinduism
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The dominant religion of India
Hinduism
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Is a religion based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama the Buddha
Buddhism
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Is a landform at the mouth of a river created by sediment deposits
Delta
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Considered by many to be the father of modern India.
Gandhi
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A territory inhabited and controlled by people from a foreign land
Colony
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Capital of Guatemala
Guatemala city
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Capital of Costa Rica
San José/ St Jose
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Capital of Panama
Panama city
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Capital of Cuba
Havana
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Capital of Argentina
Buenos Aires
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Capital of Brazil
Brasilia
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Capital of Spain
Madrid
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Capital of Italy
Rome
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Capital of Portugal
Lisbon
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Capital of Greece
Athens
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Capital of United Kingdom
London
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Capital of Norway
Oslo
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Capital of Finland
Helsinki
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Capital of Ireland
Dublin
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Capital of Russia
Moscow
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Capital of Turkey
Ankara
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Capital of Israel
Jerusalem
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Capital of Morocco
Rabat
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Capital of Algeria
Algiers
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Capital of Tunisia
Tunis
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Capital of Egypt
Cairo
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Capital of India
New Delhi
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Capital of Madagascar
Antananarivo
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Capital of Sri Lanka
Colombo
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Capital of Jordan
Amman
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Name two important resources in southern Europe
Regions, climate, the sea
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Which country has a large supply of geothermal energy?
Iceland
121
Is a city in which almost no taxes are placed on goods sold there
Free port
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What regions of the world have the highest levels of population density?
Indian subcontinent, east Asia and Japan
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What is an environmental problem in Mexico?
Smog
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What type of landform covers much of Southern Europe?
Rugged mountains
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A group of muslims from North Africa
Moors
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Two of the most common foods in Southern European cooking are:
Pasta and they always cook with yogurts and honey
127
About what year the vikings first reach North Africa?
In the 900's
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Was the first leader of Soviet Union
Vladimir Lenin
129
The majority of Russians are descended from the...
Slavs
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It is the lowest point on any continent
Dead sea
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Most people living in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan are..
Muslims
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What are North Africa major resources?
Oil, gas, iron, coal, and natural gas
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Important Arab influence in North African culture
They brought the Arabic and the Islam language to the region
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It is the civilization that begins in the Indus River Valley
Harappan Civilization
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India's 2 largest cities..
Mumbai and Kolkata
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Is a state of perfect peace in which suffering and reincarnation end
Nirvana
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Ia the festival of lights, celebrates Hindu, Sikh and Jain beliefs
Dwalli
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It is the highest peak in the world
Mount Everest
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What language was spoken by Aryans?
Sanskrit
