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Geography
10th Grade
05/27/2013

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Term
Place theme of geography
Definition
The United States is a multi-cultural nations, which represents the _____________ theme of geography.
Term
Region theme of geography
Definition
A specific area where people settle and live.
Term
People building levees is an example of which theme of geography
Definition
Human Environment Interaction
Term
Melting Pot
Definition
The term given to the Immigrants of the United States who came here ane melted into American Culture.
Term
What shows the size of land and water masses most accurately?
Definition
A Globe
Term
A country in Africa that is experiencing rapid population growth would have a high birth rate and a declining ____________________.
Definition
Death Rate
Term
The United States has a low birth rate and a ____________ death rate.
Definition
Low
Term
What are the two types of migration?
Definition
Internal and International
Term
What are the two kind of factors that migration reasons can be divided into?
Definition
Push and Pull
Term
What kind of factor of immigration would opening a school after Katrina be?
Definition
Pull
Term
What kind of factor if migration would an active volcano be?
Definition
Push
Term
What kind of activity in some regions is dependent upon the use and development of natural resources and its infastructure?
Definition
Economic
Term
What are 2 weather phenomenons that disrupt the oceans atmospheric system in the tropical regions?
Definition
El Nino and Tanino
Term
Why was it easy for the Soviet Union to expand into Eastern Europe?
Definition
A lack of physical boundaries.
Term
What is the first day of spring when the vernal equinox occurs and the days and nights are exaclty the same length?
Definition
March 21st
Term
Where does the Gulf Stream provide warmer air to?
Definition
Western Europe
Term
What are the 3 countries in NAFTA?
Definition
United States, Canada, and Mexico
Term
What industry was not affected the growth of the railroads?
Definition
Automobile.
Term
What connected cities all around the world after the civil war?
Definition
Railroads
Term
The countries with the __________ food available having highest growth rate.
Definition
Least
Term
The countries with the longest life expectancies typically have the _______________.
Definition
Most food
Term
Which continent needs to import the most amount of food?
Definition
Africa
Term
In order for nations to coexist ______________ they must share resources, respect cultural diversity, and have a method to communicate if there are language barriers.
Definition
Peacefully
Term
What is the area in the United States that receives the most tornadoes?
Definition
Tornado Alley
Term
By raising the ________________ in St. Bernard Parish, combining with raising all new construction, the thought is that flooding will be prevented except for all but the worst of storms, the 500 year storm.
Definition
Levees
Term
Which type of countries contain the fastest growing areas?
Definition
3rd world or developing
Term
What is the resource that is most threatened in South America?
Definition
The Rainforest
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