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| the study of where people, places, and things are located and how they relate to each other |
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| rocky surface layer of the earth that is thin like a pie crust or frosting on a cake |
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| circle of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific ocean |
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| thick layer of rock surround the core |
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| center of the earth; consists of very hot metal, mainly iron mixed with some nickle |
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| consists of water in oceans, lakes, rivers, and even under the ground |
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| layer of air, water, and other substances above the surface |
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breakdown of rock (weathering) by chemical mechanisms
the two most important factors are water and carbon dioxide |
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| area characterized by its function [eg: drainage basin, city-region, metropolitan area] |
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| area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity. |
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| area that is uniform in its characteristics |
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| Convectional Precipitation |
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| Occurs when hot, humid air rises from the earth's surface and cools, thereby losing its ability to hold much water |
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| The most common precipitation occurs when two air masses of different temperatures meet |
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| Most common on sea costs, this occurs when moist air is forced upward when passing over high lanforms |
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| All forms of water that fall from the atmosphere onto the earth's surface |
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| amount of water vapor contained in the atmosphere |
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| the areas surrounding large cities that tend to have higher temperatures |
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| growth of city populations |
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| person that moves into a country |
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| person who moves out of a country |
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| a religion with more than one god [eg: Hinduism] |
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| a religion with only one god [eg: Christianity, Judaism, Islam] |
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| nonrenewable resources which formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals |
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| energy produced from the sun |
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| produced by fission- the splitting of uranium atoms in a nuclear reactor to release their stored energy |
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| energy that comes from the earth's internal heat [eg: volcano] |
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| energy of falling water to move machinery or generate electricity |
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| entire area of land that is drained by a major rirver and its tributaries |
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| total value of a nation's goods and services, including the output of domestic firms in foreign countries and excluding the domestic output of foreign firms |
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| territory separated from but subject to a ruling power |
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| area served by a metropolis |
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| the shift from human to machine power |
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| residential area outside a central city |
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| river or stream that flows into a main river |
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| to formally incorporate into a country or state the territory of another |
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| rank according to function |
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| money paid for war damages |
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| style of art where painters try to catch visual impressions made by color, light, and shadows |
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| an embankment of earth and rock built to hold back water |
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| area of low lying land that has been reclaimed by the sea |
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| a political division or state; one of the states in Switzerland |
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| hot wind from northern Africa |
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| time of great art and learning |
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| to increase the variety of |
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| section of a city in which a particular minority group is forced to live |
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| the execution of six million Jews in Naxi concentration camps during WWII |
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| revolution without bloodshed, which took place in Czechoslovakia during the late 1980s |
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| process of selling government-owned industries and business to private owners |
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| London became one of the greatest commercial and shipping centers in the world because |
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| ships could sail directly into its port |
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| burned as fuel, 1/6 of Ireland is covered by it; it is also being used to generate nearly 1/4 of Ireland's electricity |
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| The region in which most English coal deposits are found |
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| Ireland's basic landscape consists of what |
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| hills ringing most of the coastline with a plain in the middle |
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| Important energy source for Iceland |
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| Coal resources in the Midlands |
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| this fueled England's Industrial Revolution |
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| captial city that is home to the Acropolis |
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| These countries have a Mediterranean Climate |
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| important industry in Greece |
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| Southern Italy [is home to] |
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| most Italian factories are located here |
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