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| What is the imaginary line that cuts across the top of South America? |
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| Geography is the study of? |
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| distruition and interaction of phyiscal and human features on earth. |
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| Spain and New York City are both located in what hemisphere? |
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| A newspaper reported that an earthquake was recorded at 8.7. What device was used to obtain this measurement and what was measured? |
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| Volcanoes erupt and what substances are released/produced? |
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| In the Ring of Fire, what natural feature/occurrence/activity may be found? |
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| volcanoes and tectonic plates. |
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| transfer of heat in the atmoshpere by upward motion of the air. |
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| used for temperate grassland region in the northern hemisphere. |
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| powerful funnel shaped column of spiraling air. |
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| The greenhouse effect is/does |
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| layer of gases released by the buring of coal and petroulum that traps solar energy causing global temp. to increase. |
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| In what zone/area would a rain forest most likely thrive? |
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| Describe how citizens in a democracy choose their representatives? |
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| cultural change that occurs when indvidual in an society accept or adapt inovation. |
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| average number of people who live in a measurable area, reached by dividing the number of inhabitants in an area by the amount of land occupancy. |
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| A metropolitan area is consists of ? |
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| functional area including activity and its surrounding suburbs and exurbs, linked economically. |
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| the average number of children a woman of child bearing years would have in her life time, if she had children at the current rate for her country. |
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| number of live birth rates per total population, often expressed per thousand popoulation. |
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| Infant mortality rate is? |
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| number of deaths among infants underage 1 as measured per thousand live births. |
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| number of deaths per thousand |
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| also called population growth rate- the rate at which population is growing, found by subtracting the mortality rate from birthrate. |
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| List the various climates of the USA |
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| tropical rain forest, tropical wet and dry, desert, semiarid, coast, humid Continental, sub arctic, tundra, high land, icecap. |
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| The St Lawrence Seaway is |
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| one of Americas most important ship routes. |
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| the Rocky Mountains border this landform |
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| Name the area of Canada with its lowest population density? |
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| Name the climate zones that run along the border of Mexico and the USA |
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| marine west coast, Mediterranean, and semiarid |
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| Name the climate zone that is found in the Canada but not in the United States |
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| Name the climate zone that is found in the Canada but not in the United States |
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| the movement of people within a country or region |
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| Define ‘forced migration’ |
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| when you are forced to leave an area or region |
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| Today in the USA ‘Indian Territory’ is located in what state (primarily) |
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| Life expectancy is defined as |
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| the time you are expected to live |
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| Population growth rate is |
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| the growth rate of a population |
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| a process where by a minority group gradually gives up its own culture and adopts the culture of a majority group. |
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| The ‘Terrorist act’ what are they |
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| the breaking up terrorist groups and by increasing security to make it harder for terrorist to act |
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| How has the Andes Mountains affected South America? |
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| the moving around of the country because they are a huge conflict when trying to move. |
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| Which areas are best for farming? |
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good vegetation and climated areas
tropical wet and dry, semiarid, humid continental |
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| Describe the river systems of South America |
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it has 3
orinco, amazon, and parana |
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| The rain forest is shrinking because of |
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| At the equator, varied climate and vegetation is caused by |
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| the temperature, closer the the equator the hotter it is. |
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| List the parts of a city’s infrastructure |
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| basic facilities, services, and machinery, education, water, sanitation, transportation, power. |
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| dramatic rise in the number of cities and the changes in lifestyle that result. |
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| Modern Mexican culture is a mixture of |
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| Mexico faces many challenges to its development as a modern society and modern economy, name at least 3 of these challenges |
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| education, sanitation, poverty and income gap |
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| The culture of the Caribbean and Central America differs from Mexico in what way? |
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| they have african influences |
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| Hurricanes in the Caribbean affect their economies in what ways |
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| badly because it can destroy properties, jobs, cost the government lots of money. |
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| Give reasons for the building of the Panama Canal in that specific area of Americas |
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| it is a major trade route and separates south america and central america. |
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| the heartland or place of origin of a major culture; a site of innovation from which basic ideas, materials, and technology diffuse to other cultures. |
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| Identify and locate the cultural hearth of the Incans |
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| Name the European colonizers of Brazil |
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| the rise of temperatures around the globe. |
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| the cutting down and clearing away of trees and rain forests. |
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