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| Earth is divided in Eastern and Western Hemispheres by the Prime Meridian and |
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| Lines of Latitude measure distance north and south of the ? |
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| What maps show true sizes but are distorted? |
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| What is part of the contiguous U.S.? |
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48 states plus District of Columbia
DOES NOT INCLUDE Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada |
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| Most stars are grouped into huge bodies called |
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| Which area of earth receives the most solar energy in a year |
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| system where people choose freely to buy and sell what they want |
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| Scenery of places, including physical, human, and cultural features |
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| Lines on globe drawn in east-west direction. Measured in degrees. |
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| Continuous (Continguous?) |
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| On complete spin of the earth on its axis |
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| Cooling effect when air is forced to rise over mountain, causing a wetter windward side and drier leeward side |
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| Communities of plants and animals |
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| People who come to a new country to live |
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| Process in which an individual or group adopts some of the traits of another culture |
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| Feeling of pride and joy for one's country or culture group |
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| Boundaries that are based on cultural traits |
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| Type of subsistence agriculture involving herding animals |
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| Elevation, layout, and shape of the land |
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| Collection of maps in one book |
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| Unit to measure distances between parallels and between meridians |
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| High Latitude, cold regions around the north and south poles |
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| Winds around centers of low atmospheric pressure |
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| Drier area on the leeward side of a mountain range |
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| Water vapor changes to liquid |
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| All the features of a persons way of life |
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| Average number of people living in one square mile |
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| Growth in the proportion of people living in towns/cities |
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| Economic/political system where government owns almost all means of production |
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| System of roads, ports, and other facilities needed by a modern economy |
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| Economic system in which people choose freely what to buy and sell |
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| Smaller objects that orbit a planet |
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| Lines on globe drawn in a north-south direction |
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| Times that earth's poles point at their greatest angle towards or away from the sun |
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| Zone of contact between to air masses of widely different temperatures or moisture levels |
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| Region made up of different places that are linked and function as a unit |
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| Region with one or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas |
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| Term for a hurricane in the western pacific |
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| Weather conditions in a region over a long time |
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| Study of maps and map-making |
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| Statistical study of human populations |
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| When an idea spreads from one person to another and is adopted |
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| Process in which people plant plants and tame animals for their own use |
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| Regional variety of language |
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| Economic system in which businesses, industries,and resources are privately owned |
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| The way a person looks at something |
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| The way a person looks at something |
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| Major bodies that orbit a star |
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| Permanently frozen soil below the grounds surface |
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| High latitude cold region around north and south poles |
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| Warm low latitude areas near the equator |
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| The process in which earth grows warmer over time |
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| The amount of water vapor in the air |
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| A process by which farmers clear trees for short term planting before moving on to clear another area |
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| Envelope of gases that surround a planet |
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| New idea that a culture accepts |
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| People who leave a country to live somewhere else |
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| A language of trade and communication |
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| Boundaries that follow a geometric pattern |
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| Taxes on imports and exports |
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| How many essentials elements in geography? |
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| Degrees are subdivided into? |
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| When does fall Equinox occur in the Northern Hemisphere |
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| When are there equal periods of daylight and darkness |
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| In which direction does the earth rotate |
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| What is the process by which water vapor changes to liquid? |
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| Where are doldrums located |
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| In which region are tornadoes found? |
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| The united states in the middle latitude |
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| What are the factors on ocean currents |
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| Earth Moon gravitational pull |
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| What is a middle latitude climate |
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| Areas between tropics and polar regions |
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| Which climate supports large boreal forests |
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| What happens to hurricane when it moves inland? |
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| Which climate never has cold weather? |
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| In what climate do you expect to find temperate forests |
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| Increase in connections between cultures around the world is called? |
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| Describe population density |
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| How is population density expressed? |
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| Amount of people per square mile |
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| The English language can be traced back to what language? |
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| What is not an ethnic religion |
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| Ethnic religions are hindusim, taoism, shintoism, judaism |
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| Which country has totalitarian form of government |
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| What cities are world cities? |
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| What are geometric boundaries often based off of? |
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| Line of latitude/longitude |
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| What are characteristics of agri businesses |
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| Huge farms w/ close links to other parts of the food industry |
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| What continent are you most likely to find subsistence farms |
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| Africa, Asia, Central and South America |
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| What can be considered a middle income country? |
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| Mexico, Brazil, Thailand, Malaysia |
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| Number of people in a country who can read and write is know as the ? |
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| Which planets are not gaseous? |
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| Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars |
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| What organizations work to improve relations between countries |
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| What are not important factors in the site and growth of cities? |
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| Which of these terms identifies the smallest urban settlement? |
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| Which of these terms identifies the smallest urban settlement? |
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