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Unit 1
Holt People, Places, & Change
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Geography
6th Grade
12/05/2011

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absolute location
Definition
the exact location of a place
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relative lcoation
Definition
where a place is in relation to another place
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absolute location
Definition
47 degrees north latitude by 130 west longitude is an example of this
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regions
Definition
areas on Earth's surface with one or more shared characteristics
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perspective
Definition
a person's point of view
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urban
Definition
areas that include cities
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rural
Definition
areas that might include open land used for farming
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plate tectonics
Definition
along with condtinental drift theory, it explains the movement of continenets over time
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culture
Definition
a shared system of beliefs and ways of doing things
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domestication
Definition
the process of making some wild plants and animals dependent on humans
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subsistence agriculture
Definition
when farmers grow only enough food for their own families
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commercial agriculture
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when a small number of farmers produce enough food for a large group of the population
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exports
Definition
goods sold to other countries
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imports
Definition
products brought from other countries
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birth rate
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the number of births per 1000 people in a year
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geography
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the study of Earth's physical and cultural features
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adaptation
Definition
how humans change their behavior to be better suited to an environment
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fault
Definition
a fractured surface in Earth's crust where a mass of rock is in motion
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topography
Definition
shape, height, and arrangement of landforms in a certain place
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water vapor
Definition
the gaseous form of water
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97%
Definition
the percent of Earth's water that is contained in oceans
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water cycle
Definition
the circulation of water from the Earth's surface and back
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migration
Definition
the movement of people within a country or across national borders
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evaporation
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the process by which heated water becomes water vapor and rises into the air
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condensation
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the process by which water changes from a gas into tiny liquid droplets
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precipitation
Definition
the process by which water falls back to Earth
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