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Chapters 1-4
5 themes
location- relative & absolute
place
movement- time, linear, psychological distances
human environment interaction
region- perceptual, formal, functional
4 largest plates
ABCs of Culture
acculturation
acid rain
biomes
birth rate
carrying capacity
Central Business District
climate zones
communism
convection
cultivation
death rate
definition of a country/state
democracy
dictatorship
diffusion
economic activity- primary, secondary, tertiary,
quaternary
equinoxes/solstices
erosion
fertility rate
geography definition
glacier
global grid lines
GNP vs. GDP
greenhouse effect
hemispheres
hurricane season
infant mortality
infrastructure
LACEMOPS
latitude & longitude
map projections
map vs. globe
monarchy
mortality rate
nation/nation-state/state
ocean area
orographic, frontal, & convectional precipitation
other names for hurricanes
permafrost
plate boundaries
plate tectonics
polar/high latitude zone
population growth trends
population pyramids
push pull factors
rain forest
rate of natural increase
richter scale
Ring of Fire
seismography
socialism
temperate/ mid latitude zone
TODALSIGS
tools of geographers
tornado vs. hurricane
traditional, command, & market economy
tropical/ low latitude zone
types of geography
weather/climate
weathering- chemical, mechanical
US & Canada: ch 5-8
Beringia
biological weapons
Canada’s government
climates of US and Canada
Columbian Exchange
cultural unification in Canada and US
Dominion of Canada
election of Canada’s prime minister
energy imports/exports
exports of US
first Europeans in New World
French Canadians
French vs. British in Canada
immigrants to US and Canada
immigration
major landforms in US and Canada
metis
multiculturism
natural resources of US
Nunavut
obstacles of early settlers
Office of Homeland Security
population characteristics of Canada
Regions of Canada- Atlantic Provinces, Core Provinces,
Prairie Provinces, Pacific Province & Territories
Regions of US- Midwest, West, South, Northeast
resource needs of US
river flow in North America
Rockies vs. Appalachians
St. Lawrence Seaway
sustainable communities
terrorism
Trans-Canada Highway vs. US Interstate System
urban sprawl
US Civil War
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Latin America: ch 9-11
Amazon Rain Forest
caudillo
Central America vs. Caribbean
debt-for-nature
deforestation
economic challenges in Mexico
economies of Central America and Caribbean
farming in Latin America
global warming
Greater Antilles
Incas, Aztecs, Mayas
income gap
junta
land reform
llanos
maquiladoras
modern Mexico
NAFTA
oligarchy
pampas
Panama Canal
Patagonia
Portuguese vs. Spanish in Latin America
rain forest destruction
resources in Latin America
river systems of South America and Central America
slash and burn
terrace farming
tourism in Latin America
Treaty of Tordesillas
United Provinces of Central America
Europe: ch 12-14
glacial activity in Scandinavia
agricultural products of the Mediterranean
Austria vs. Hungary
balkanization
Benelux countries
British Empire
bubonic plague
city-states
climate in Eastern Europe
communism in Eastern Europe
Crusades
cultural crossroads
deforestation in Scandinavia
effect of the British Empire
EU- pros and cons
European Enviornmental Agency
first democracy
fjord
Holocaust
Land of the Midnight Sun
Massif Central
mistral vs. sirocco
Northern Europe’s economy
oil in Europe
peat
peninsula of peninsula
polders
pollution and solutions in Europe
Reformation
religious distribution in Europe
Renaissance
WWI
WWII
Social Studies Make-up Days
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