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Geography Exam Semester 1 Flashcards

1
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What is a peninsula?

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A piece of land surrounded by water on the majority of its border, while being connected to a mainland from which it extends.

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What is an island?

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Any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys.

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What is a migration?

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Seasonal movement of animals from one region to another.

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What is Longitude?

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A geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on the Earth’s surface.

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What is Latitude?

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A geographic coordinate that specifies the north–south position of a point on the Earth’s surface.

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What is the prime meridian?

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coordinate system at which longitude is defined to be 0°.

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What are the four Hemispheres?

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North
South
East
West

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What is elevation?

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The act of raising

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9
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Who invented the colander we use today?

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Pope Gregory XIII

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10
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Where is the Rio Grande?

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On the border of Mexico and the United States

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Who was Hornando Cortes?

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A Spanish Conquesdor

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What is the most populated country in South America?

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Brazil

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13
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What languages are spoken in South America?

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Spanish
Portuguese
Dutch

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What does indigenous mean?

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Something that is from the same place

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What is a Megapolis?

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Cities that are spread out into one city

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What is the sunbelt?

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A region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the Southeast and Southwest

17
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What is a suburb?

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A small town outside of a city

18
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What is the Midwest?

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A place in North America

19
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What was Pangea?

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The continents before they broke

20
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Where are the Apennies?

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Italy

21
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Where is Paraguay?

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A country in South America

22
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Where are the Rocky Mountains?

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3,000 miles from British Columbia and Alberta in Canada through Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and down to New Mexico in the U.S.

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Where are the Appalachian Mountains?

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Along the eastern side of The United States

24
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What is a Cash Crop?

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A crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower.

25
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What is a Primate City?

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The largest city in a region

26
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What is a Maquiladora?

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A manufacturing operation, where factories import certain material and equipment on a duty-free and tariff-free basis for assembly, processing, or manufacturing .

27
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What is Substance Farming?

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Is a self-sufficiency farming system in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families.

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