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| is the study of the world,its people, and the landscapes they create |
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| all the human and physical characteristics that make a place unique |
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| a field that collects data and info on places |
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| geopgrophy as a social science |
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| a field that studies people and the realationships between them |
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| part of the world that has one or more comon features that distinguishes it from surrounding areas |
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| a flat drawing that shows a part of the earths surface |
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| is a sperical or ball shaped model of the entire planet |
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| describes where something is |
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| describes the features that make a place unique |
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| areas that share common characteristics |
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| the study of the worlds people,communities, and landscapes |
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| study of the worlds phyiscal features, its landforms, bodies of water,climate, etc |
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| the science of making maps |
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| the study of weather and what causes it |
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| anywhere in the mountain ranges, tempature and conditions change with elavation |
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| anywhere in the world but espicially in north africa, hot,lack of rain |
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| on or near the poles, extremely cold year round |
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| about a half way below the equator , 4 disticnt seasons |
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| on or near the poles,warm,wet, and dry |
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| any material in nature that people use and love |
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| resources that the earth replaces naturally |
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| are resources that cannot be replaced |
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| a set of beliefs,values, and practices that a group of people has in common |
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| a group of people that share a common culture and ancestry |
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| the state of having a variety of cultures in the same area |
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| elected leader ( majority vote) make decisions |
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| leadership buy king or queen by a single powerful liniage and a parliament |
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| ruled leadership by a single powerful leader often backed by the military |
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| the government controls all property and the economy; in ideal commy gov. everything is distributed equally |
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| a country with a strong economy and a high quality of life |
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| a country with a weak economy and a low quality of life: third world |
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| GDP: gross domestic product |
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| all the goods and stuff produced by a country in a given a year |
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| gross demestic product per person, exports |
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| % of people in a country that can read and write |
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| imaginary lines that go east west measured in degrees north south of the equator |
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| imaginary lines that go north south measured in degrees east west of the prime meridian |
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| invisible line of latitude that divides north and south hemispheres. starting point of latitude |
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| imaginary lines of longitude that split east and western hemispheres |
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| imaginary lines of latitude north of the equator at 23.5 degrees north of equator |
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| imaginary lines of latitude 23.5 degrees south of the equator |
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| a directional indacator showing which way north south east and west on a map |
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| what the subject of the map is |
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| used to represent the distances between points on a map |
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| explains what the symbols on a map mean |
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| small map in corner and shows where in the map you are looking |
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| rocky uplands that cover half of canada and is rich in minerals |
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| refers to a strong connection that people have toward the region in which they live |
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| a narrow strip of land that is connected to a larger land mass |
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| self governed territory associated with another counrty |
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| administrative divisons of canada |
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| Fruit company that controlled most banana production in CA. They took land and tok jobs from locals. ALso started riots and armed struggles |
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| projection, is a flat map of the world |
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| canadian pacific railroad |
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| trans canadian rail road built in 1885 that connects all regions of canada |
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| canadian pacific railroad |
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| trans canadian rail road built in 1885 that connects all regions of canada |
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| regional vstiety of a language |
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| person of mixed european and native decent |
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