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Basic Geography
• Answers the question “What is it like?”
– place
Basic Geography
• Answers the question “How do people,
goods, and ideas move from one location
to another?”
– movement
Basic Geography
• Answers the question “where is it?”
– location
Basic Geography
• The exact place on earth where a
geographic feature is found
– Absolute Location
Basic Geography
• Describes a place in relation to other
places around it
– Relative location
Basic Geography
• The imaginary line that encircles the
globe, dividing the earth into the northern
and southern hemispheres
– equator
Basic Geography
• Imaginary line at zero meridian which
divides the earth into eastern and western
halves
– Prime Meridian
Basic Geography
• Set of imaginary lines that run parallel to
the equator and are used to measure
distance to the north or south of the
equator
– latitude
Basic Geography
• Set of imaginary lines that are drawn from
the north pole to the south pole and
measure distance in the eastern or
western hemispheres
– longitude
Basic Geography
• Each half of the globe
– hemisphere
Basic Geography
• A three dimensional representation of the
earth
– globe
Basic Geography
• A way of mapping the earth’s surface
reducing distortions caused by converting
a three dimensional object into a two
dimensional object
– Map projection
Basic Geography
• A general reference map; a map showing
the natural and manmade features on the
earth
– Topographic map
Basic Geography
• The molten rock material formed when
solid rock in the earth’s mantle or crust
melts
– magma
Basic Geography
• A fracture in the earth’s crust
– fault
Basic Geography
• The chain of volcanoes that lines the
Pacific Rim
– Ring of Fire
Basic Geography
• A giant ocean wave, caused by an
underwater earthquake or volcanic
eruption
– tsunami
Basic Geography
• A storm that forms over warm ocean water
– Hurricane
Basic Geography
• The hypothesis that all continents were
once joined into a supercontinent that split
apart millions of years ago
– Continental drift/plate tectonics
Basic Geography
• The earth’s surface from the edge of a
continent to the deep part of the ocean
– Continental shelf
Basic Geography
• The land on the leeward side of hills or
mountains that receives little rain from the
descending dry air
– Rain shadow
Basic Geography
• The transfer of heat in the atmosphere by
the upward motion of air
– convection
Basic Geography
• Small pieces of rock produced by the
weathering process
– sediment
Basic Geography
• Organic material in the soil
– humus
Basic Geography
• A ridge or hill of rock carried and finally
deposited by a glacier
– moraine
Basic Geography
• An area drained by a major river and its
tributaries
– Drainage basin
Basic Geography
• Powerful funnel-shaped column of
spiraling air; formed over land
– tornado
Basic Geography
• The typical weather conditions at a
particular location as observed over time
– Climate
Basic Geography
• The climate conditions at a particular
moment
– weather
Basic Geography
• A large circular system of flowing water
that moderates a region’s climate
– Ocean current
Basic Geography
• Flat, treeless lands forming a ring around
the Arctic Ocean; a climate region
– tundra
Basic Geography
• A named characteristic of broadleaf trees;
such as, oak, birch, cottonwood…
– deciduous
Basic Geography
• Another word for needleleaf trees
– coniferous
Basic Geography
• A term for the flat, grassy, mostly treeless
plains in the tropical grassland region
– savanna
Basic Geography
• Taking existing elements of society and
creating something new to meet a need
– Innovation
Basic Geography
• The spread of ideas, inventions, or
patterns of behavior to different societies
– diffusion
Basic Geography
• The cultural change that occurs when
individuals in a society accept or adopt
and innovation
– acculturation
Basic Geography
• The average number of people who live in
a measurable area, reached by dividing
the number of inhabitants in an area by
the amount of land they occupy
– Population density
Basic Geography
• The number of organisms a piece of land
can support without negative effects
– Carrying capacity
Basic Geography
• A type of economic system in which
production of goods and services is
determined by a central government,
which usually owns the means of
production
– Command economy
Basic Geography
• A type of economic system in which
production of goods and services is
determined by the demand from
consumers
– Market economy
Basic Geography
• The total value of all goods and services
produced by a country in a period of time
– Gross National Product
Basic Geography
• The value of only goods and services
produced within a country in a period of
time
– Gross Domestic Product
Basic Geography
• Basic support systems needed to keep an
economy going; such as, sewers,
transportation, electricity, housing, etc.
– infrastructure
Basic Geography
• Permanently frozen ground
– permafrost
Basic Geography
• Winds that blow from west to east in the
northern hemisphere
– Prevailing westerlies
Basic Geography
• A series of satellites that orbit the earth to
pick up geographic data
– landsat
Basic Geography
• Caused by a violent shift in the earth’s
plates; measured by a seismograph
– earthquakes
Basic Geography
• Point at which magma erupts onto the
surface of the earth
– volcano
Basic Geography
• A large, long-lasting mass of ice that
moves with gravity
– glacier
Basic Geography
• The point on the earth’s surface where an
earthquake begins
– epicenter
Basic Geography
• Marks the point furthest north that the sun
can be directly overhead at noon
– Tropic of cancer
Basic Geography
• Marks the point furthest south that the sun
can be directly overhead at noon
– Tropic of Capricorn
Basic Geography
• The total of knowledge, shared attitudes,
and behaviors of the members of a
specific group of people
– culture
Basic Geography
• A group that shares a geographic region, a
common language, and a sense of identity
and culture
– society
Basic Geography
• A group that only believes in one god
– monotheistic
Basic Geography
• A religion that believes in many gods
– polytheistic
Basic Geography
• A traditional religion, often believing in the
divine forces of nature
– animistic
Basic Geography
• An independent unit that occupies a
specific territory and has full control of its
internal and external affairs
– state
Basic Geography
• A group of people with a common culture
living in a territory and having a strong
sense of unity
– nation
Basic Geography
• Citizens, or their elected representatives,
hold the political power
– democracy
Basic Geography
• A king, queen, or ruling family holds
political power
– monarchy
Canada and the United States
• The result of Columbus creating interest in
the Americas and the exchange of foods,
animals, plants and diseases
– Columbian Exchange
Canada and the United States
• Government in which the people rule
through elected representatives
– Representative democracy
Canada and the United States
• System in which the government exerts
little control over businesses, resources,
and technology and is operated for profit
by private individuals
– Free enterprise
Canada and the United States
• When corporations are involved in
business worldwide
– multinationals
Canada and the United States
• You are part of this industry if you work in
fields such as information processing,
finance, medicine, and education.
– Service industries
Canada and the United States
• A government which divides power among
national, state, and local governments
– Federal republic
Canada and the United States
• When the development of cities occurs
without planning
– Urban sprawl
Canada and the United States
• The milder climate, fertile soils, and the
railway system in Canada
– Urban and industrial growth in Canada
Canada and the United States
• The majority party’s leader in parliament
– Prime Minister
Latin America
• Factories in Mexico which are along the
U.S. border and produce manufactured
goods for export
– maquiladoras
Latin America
• This country was colonized by the
Portuguese
– Brazil
Latin America
• Slash and burn
– Technique used to remove the rain forest
Latin America
• A mix of native and Spanish influences
– Culture of Mexico
Latin America
• Culture is influenced by different European
and African cultures
– Central America and Caribbean
Latin America
• They disrupt tourism, which is a major
source of income in the Caribbean
– hurricanes
Latin America
• A periodic climatic change that cause the
waters of the west coast of South America
to warm
– El Niño
Latin America
• Buildup of carbon in the atmosphere;
increase in temperatures; climate changes
– Global warming
Latin America
• The warming trend that occurs when
gases in the atmosphere trap solar energy
– Greenhouse effect
Europe
• A current of warm water from the tropics
which flows by the west coast of Europe
– North Atlantic Drive
Europe
• Cold north winds that effect the
Mediterranean coast of France
– mistral
Europe
• Winds from African that effect the
Mediterranean coast of Europe
– sirocco
Europe
• The polders of the Netherlands
– Human-environment interaction
Europe
• The canals (Grand Canal) of Venice
– Human-environment interaction
Europe
• The Romans building aqueducts
– Human-environment interaction
Europe
• This is what a nation is when it is
dominated by another country
– Satellite nation
Europe
• The dislike of Jews
– Anti-Semitism
Europe
• This is when the government holds all or
nearly all of the political power and means
of production.
– communism
Europe
• German and East Germany reunited
– Two countries that formed one country
Europe
• To recapture Palestine from the Muslims
– Goal of the Crusades
Europe
• Italy began the trend of learning and art
after the Dark Ages (Middle Ages)
– Renaissance
Europe
• A structure designed to transport water
long distances
– aqueduct
Europe
• Plains which produce crops in abundance
for Europe
– Northern European Plains
Europe
• This landform contributed most to the
development of different ethnic groups in
Europe
– mountains
Europe
• The economies of a subregion of Europe
were controlled by this group after World
War II
– Soviet Union/communists
Europe
• Athens developed this form of government
– democracy
Europe
• The linguistic and religious differences in
Europe can be traced to these two causes.
– Control by the Roman Empire
– Reformation
Europe
• Religious differences in the Balkans
• Anger over past conficts in the Balkans
• Nationalistic/ethnic feelings in the Balkans
– Led to the current conflicts
Europe
• The process of a region breaking up into
small, mutually hostile units
– Balkanization
Europe
• This one item especially causes Poland’s
water to be unsafe to drink
– Lack of sewage treatment plants