Unit 1 Flashcards

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The branch of geography dealing with human culture and its impact on the earth.

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Culture Geography (human geography)

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The study pf the earth and its features. Distribution of like on earth, including human life and how environments interact with each other

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Geography

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Languages, religion, foods, building styles, urban areas, agriculture, transportation, systems, politics, economics, population and demographic etc.

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Examples of cultural geography

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The branch of geography dealing with natural features of the earth

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Physical geography

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Water, air, animals, climate and plants

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Examples of Physical geography

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Grid, references, latitude, longitude and address

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Absolute location

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The use of landmark, time references, compass and direction.

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Relative location

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Distinctive part of the earth that has consistent or easily recognizable physical or cultural features such as 
•coastal regions     •ethic regions
•rainforests            •⛪️ and language
•resource base      •income
•political structure and boundries
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Region

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When geographers can find a pattern of the same events in places that are far apart

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Spatial pattern

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An event in one location or region can lead to change in another location or region impacting somewhere else.

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Social interaction

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Impact on the environment on human and the impact of humans on the envirnment

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Human interaction

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We depend on natural resource

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Dependance

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We adapt to climate and land forms

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Adaptation

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How we change the environment to suit out needs

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Modification

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Any geographic study must remember the idea of culture or the customs and world views of a group of people

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Culture

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Watermarks up to 70% of the earth surface

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Hydrosphere

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The earths Rocky outermost layer

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Lithosphere

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The layer of gases surrounding the earth

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Atmosphere

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The area on or near the earths surface

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Biosphere

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Mostly iron and nickel

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Core

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A layer of semi solid rock around the corner 3000 km thick

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Mantle

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A thin rocky surface layer 5 to 50 Km that

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Crust

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_______ & _______ of the mantle that causes the crust to movie

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Heating and cooling

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Through the continents were once part of one big large landmass Pangaea and move to their present position after millions of years

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Continental drift

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Patterns for the line of latitude and longing to cross one another used to determine locations on the earth
The greatest system
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Lines that run east to west on the earth. Used to show distance north and south of the equator
Latitude
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Lines that run north and east on the earth used to show distances east to west
Longitude
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A round scale model of the earth
Globe
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Symbolic representation of all or part of the planet
Map
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Makes maps
Cartographer
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Projection of the round earths on a flat surface
Map projection
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Used by cartographers, computers tool for processing and organize details and satellite images with other pieces of information
Graphic information system
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A list what symbols on the map are used for
Key
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I'm markers that indicates
Compass rose
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Shows the relationship between map measurements in actual directions
Scale bar
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Shows the location and the shape of the earth's physical features
Physical map
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Shows the boundaries between countries and often other things like cities
Political map
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A map that emphasizes a single idea or particular kind of information about an area
Special-purpose map
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Molten rock that is pushed up from the Earth's mantle
Magma
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A process by which mountains conform Ocean dive Under continental plates continental plates
Subduction
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A slow process in which ocean plates slide under continental plates crating to debris that can cause continents To grow out ward
Accretion
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A process by which new land is created when sea plates pull apart and magma pulls up between the plates
Spreading
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Layers bend in a layer of rock sometimes caused by plate
Fold
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A crack or break in the Earth's crust
Fault
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Wearing away of the earth surface or wind flowing water or glaciers
Erosion
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It is the most important thing that climate determined by
The Earth's position in the relation to the sun
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What angle is Earth tilted at
23.5 degrees
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Hire the latitude the_______ The climate
Cooler
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What latitude does the tropical climate region occur in
0 - 30 degrees
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What is the weather like in the tropical climate region
All year average temperature 18°C
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What degrees of latitude is the dry climate region in
30° to 40° latitude
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What temperature is it in the mid-latitude climate region
30° to 60° latitude
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What is the Degrees of the mid-latitude to climate regions
30° to 60° latitude
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What what degrees of latitude is highlighted to located
60° to 90° latitude
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This represents lots of different types and is what brings groups of people together
Languge
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Has effected places negatively in the past. Different cultures follow different _____ and have Diffrent beliefs
Religion
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This focuses on things that go on with in cultures and have a big say in what happens
Government
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Focuses on goods that are imported and exported
Economic
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Where they live is important because people living near by often have the same views and beliefs
Culture region
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Family is #1 in all cultures. Cultures are broken down into different ethnic groups
Social groups
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Is Erica getting this credit?
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