Final Vocabulary Flashcards
(28 cards)
Andes mountain
A large mountain chain in South American on the pacific.
Deforestation
The cutting down and clearing away trees from forests.
Land reform
Rebalancing of large landholdings
Pull factors
People move toward the city
Push factors
People move away from the city
Slash and burn
Wa farming technique
Reggae
A popular music style with a strong accent beat
Infrastructure
The basic support system needed to keep the economy going
Map projections
A way of mapping earth and reduces map distortion
Culture
Total knowledge and behaviors shared by a group
Equator
Imaginary line that splits the world in to a northern half and a southern half
Environment
The surrounding conditions in which a person,animal or plants need to sustain life
Absolute location
The exact place on earth where a feature is found
Cardinal directions
the four main points on a compass
OPEC
Organization of the petroleum exporting countries - cartel that manages the supply of oil in an effort to set the price of oil in the world market
NAFTA
North America Free Trade Association - no barriers to trade among the US, Canada and Mexico
5 themes of geography
location- where is it?
place- what is it like?
region- how are places similar or different
movement- how do people, goods, and ideas move from on place to another?
human-Environment interaction- how do people relate to the physical world
PRI
Primary rate interface
Is the standard for telecommunication service to offices.
Locations and how they are different
Relative location – places a round a specific place.
Absolute location – an exact place on earth surface
Renewable and nonrenewable resources
Renewable resources can be used again
Nonrenewable resources cannot be used again
Erosion
The result of weathering
Groundwater
water that is underneath the earths surface
Physical weathering
Breaking down earths surface without chemicals
Chemical weathering
Weathering that occurs with chemicals
