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Term Definition
Geography The study of the earth and the ways people live and work on it
Absolute Location Its precise location of a place on the globe "X marks the Spot"
Hemisphere Half- divides the earth in halves
Latitude Imaginary lines parallel to the Equator; measure the distance North or South of the Equator in Degrees
Equator O degrees Latitude
North Pole 90 Degrees North
South Pole 90 Degrees South
Tropic of Cancer 23 1/2 Degrees North
Tropic of Capricorn 23 1/2 Degrees South
Atmosphere The air that surrounds the earth
Hydrosphere Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, and other bodies of water on the earth
Lithosphere The earth's surface; land that's called the earth's crust
Biosphere Part of the earth's surface where life is found
Fault A break in the earth's crust
Fold A bend in the earth's crust
Tsunami Huge ocean waves created by an earthquake
Ring of Fire Collection of volcanoes rimming the Pacific Ocean, really a ring of subduction zones
Weathering The process that breaks down rocks
Erosion The wearing away of the earth's surface by wind, flowing water, and glaciers
Glaciers Large bodies of ice that move across the surface of the earth (PLURAL)
Isthumus Narrow piece of land that connects 2 large landmasses and separates 2 bodies of water
Plateau Area that's higher than surrounding land and usually has one steep side called a cliff
Archipelago Group of closely scattered islands
Continental Shelf Underwater extension of a continent
Ground Water Fresh water that lies beneath the earth's surface that supplies springs and wells
Water Cycle Regular movement of water from ocean to air to ground to ocean
Evaporation Changing of liquid water into a vapor
Natural Resources Elements from the earth that are not made by people, but can be used by them
Renewable Resources Resources that can be replaced (Plants and animal life)
Non-Renewable Resources Resources that can never be replaced (Fossil fuels, mineral)
Weather Condition of the atmospere in one place during a short period of time
Exports Goods taken out of a country
Imports Goods taken into a country
Climate Weather patterns that an area experiences during a long period of time
Temperature Measure of how hot or cold something is
Rotation The turn of the earth everyday
Revolution The trip that Earth takes around the sun every 365 1/4 days
Equinox The sun is directly over the Equator; day and night are equal
Solstice the day on which the northernmost & southernmost point on the earth receive direct rays of the sun
Prevailing Winds winds that blow in fairly constant patterns (PLURAL)
Doldrums an area at the Equator where the wind doesn't blow
Precipitation the falling of moisture to the earth
Oasis an area of lush vegetation supported by underground springs in a desert area
Deciduous trees that lose their leaves in autumn
Permafrost permanently frozen soil
Taiga the Russian word for forest - huge evergreen trees
Tundra short mosses, bushes, & very short grasses, lichens
Timberline the elevation above which it is too cold for trees to grow
Culture the way of life of a group of people with common traditions, interests, & beliefs
Subsistence Farming farmers who grow just enough food for themselves
Industry the way or manner of which a group of people produce goods & services
Population Density the average number of people per square mile
Tornado a powerful, whirling windstorm up to 300 mph
Hurricane a powerful, whirling storm that forms over oceans, larger than a tornado, brings winds and rains
Tsunami huge ocean waves created by an earthquake
History the written information about a people's past to learn what, how, & why things happened
Pre-History the time in a people's past before written records were kept
Culture Hearths places where civilizations began
Cultural Diffusion the spread of people, ideas, practices, & goods from one culture to another
Immigrant people who leave their home countries to settle permanently in other countries
Sunbelt the southern United States that has a mild climate
Urbanization the movement of people from rural areas into the cities
Suburbs the outlying communities of a central city
Strait a narror passageway connecting a large body of water
Republic a form of government in which people elect their own officials
Industrialization the setting up of manufacturing that uses machinery
Mobile moving from place to place
Standard of Living a level of material comfort in terms of goods and services available to someone
Literacy Rate the number of people that can read & write
Free Enterprise an economy which allows individuals to own, operate & profit from their own businesses
Economy the movement of money within a country
Countour Plowing plowing along the natural curves of the land
Crop Rotation rotatation of the crops that a farmer is growing to preserve the soil's nutrients
Service Industries provide services rather than produce goods or a product
Plateau flat land mass higher than the surrounding land with at least 1 steep side called a cliff or escarpment
Escarpment steep cliff or slope between a higher & lower land surface
Mesa flat top elevated landform smaller than a plateau
Continental Divide line that separates the rivers that flow from the opposite ends of the continent
Headwaters the source of the water (i.e. where a river begins or orginates)
Tributary a brook, river & stream that feed their waters into 1 river (SINGULAR)
Blizzard snowstorms with winds in excess of 35 mph, temps below freezing & visibility of less than 500ft (SINGULAR)
Typhoon Pacific hurricanes that threaten Hawaii & the Pacific islands
Chinook warm wind that blows down from the Rockies in winter & early spring
llanos large fertile plains in Venezuela
Pampas grassy, treeless plains of Argentina & Uruguay
Hydroelectric Power the energy of water to create electicity
Canopy top layer of the rainforest where the treetops come together to form a covering
Gaucho mestizo cowboys, made their living herding cattle on horseback
Estuary where the mouth of the river meets the salt water
Mestizo mixture between Indians & Europeans (SINGULAR)
Mulattoes mixture between blacks & Europeans (PLURAL)
Haciendas large estates that landless farmers work
Isthumus narrow piece of land connecting 2 larger land masses
Fjords a valley along the coastline cut by glaciers
Polders areas in the Netherlands drained of sea water & now used for farmland
Avalanche mass of ice, snow, or rock that slides down a mountain side
Peat kind of vegetable matter usually composed of mosses; was traditionally burned as fuel in some western european homes
Refugee people fleeing to a foreign country for safety
Feudalism a system in which powerful lords gave land to nobles in return for pledgers of loyalty
Reformation religious movement which lessened the power of the Roman Catholic Church & led to the beginning of Protestantism
Communism an economic & political systems designed to establish classless societies in which workers would control industrial production
Holocaust mass killing of more than 6 million European Jews & others by the Germans
Crusades a series of religious wars to win Palestine from Muslim rule
Renaissance the rebirth of learning
Consumer Goods household goods, shoes & clothing that individual buy
Crust huge plate-like section of rock that float on the mantle
fault a break in the earth's crust
Glacier large bodies of ice that move across the surface of the earth (SINGULAR)
Earthquake It is caused by movement along faults
Temperate Fairly hot to fairly cold climate
Elevation For every 1000 ft of _____________ temperature drops 3.5 degrees
Low Latitudes (Tropics) Between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer
MIddle Latitudes Between 23 1/2 degrees latitude and 66 1/2 degrees latitude; temperate climate
Upper Latitudes Between 66 1/2 degrees latitude and 90 degrees latitude
Axis The 23 1/2 degree slanted imaginary line that the earth spins upon; points toward the North Star; Runs through the center of the earth betwen the North and South Pole
Prime Meridian 0 degrees longitude and runs through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England
International Date Line 180 degrees longitude

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Creator micamoney
Created December 11, 2007
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