Mississippi ch. 1 chapter
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 5 themes of geography | location, place, human-interaction environment |
| location | absolute or relative |
| place | physical, human, or cultural characteristics |
| physical characteristics | climate, weather, landforms, soil, energy |
| cultural characteristics | languages, religions, technology |
| human-environment interaction | humans use & interact |
| movement | people are linked with regions, cultures, and people outside |
| regions | defined in terms of characteristics |
| cultural regions | political alliances, land use patterns, economics, ethnic composition, language, religion |
| natural regions | landforms, vegetation, climate, soil, |
| Mississippi's 4 geographic regions | Delta, Hills, Piney Woods, Gulf Coast |
| the Delta | northwest Mississippi |
| the Hills | central & north Mississippi |
| the Piney Woods | southern Mississippi |
| Gulf Coast | a narrow strip of land bordering the Gulf of Mexico |
| Mississippi is | 350 mi. long; 180 mi. wide |
| what rank in size is Mississippi | 32nd |
| square miles | 48,434 |
| how many people | 2.8 million |
| absolute location | is used to direct us to a precise position on earth's surface |
| latitude | north or south |
| longitude | east or west |
| longitude & latitude of Mississippi | between 30 and 35 north, and 88 and 91 west |
| GPS | global positioning system |
| natural environment | climate, water, landforms, soil, energy, and mineral resources, vegetation, wildlife |
| four spheres | atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere |
| atmosphere | blanket of air surrounding earth's surface |
| litosphere | outermost shell of solid earth |
| hydrosphere | contains all the water that exists on and within the solid surface of the earth |
| biosphere | supports life |
| Mississippi's climate | humid subtropical |
| climate | long-term average of weather conditions |
| weather | the day-to-day conditions |
| normal temperature for Mississippi | 62 |
| summer temperature | 81 |
| Mississippi's coldest month | January |
| precipitation | rain, snow, sleet, hail |
| Mississippi's average annual precipitation | 52 |
| humidity | ratio of moisture in the air |
| mississippi's hazards | thunderstorms, tornadoes, hail storms, hurricanes, droughts, lightning, floods |
| tornadoes in Mississippi | spring and early summer; funnel-shaped, can reach up to 300 mph |
| hurricanes | start in the tropical Atlantic Ocean, cover hundreds of sq. miles |
| George Perkins Marsh | first Americans to write about the impact humans have on the natural environment |
| George Perkin Marsh's book | Man & Nature; 1864, use & misuse of resources |
| John Wesley Powell | spoke against the waste of resources, director of the U.S. Geological Survey from 1881 to 1894 |
| John Muir | influenced the conservation movement in the U.S., founded Sierra Club |
| Aldo Leopold | human should work with nature |
| Rachel Carson | Silent Spring; effects of pesticides |
| Stewart Udall | The Quiet Crisis, |
| 1964 | Wilderness Act |
| 1963, 1970 | Clean Air Act |
| 1973 | Endangered Species Act |
| 1969 | National Environmental Policy Act |
| hydrolic cycle | evaporates, condenses, precipitation |
| surface water | water in lakes, ponds, rivers, and the ocean |
| groundwater | is in the spaces & cracks in the rocks |
| aquifers | rock layers where groundwater is plentiful |
| drainage basin | geographical area draining into a river or reservoir |
| drain into the Mississippi River | Yazoo , Big Black, Bayou Pierre-Coles Creek. Homochitto |
| don't drain in the Mississippi River | Pearl, Amite, Pascagoula,Bilouxi-Wolf-Jourdan |
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