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| Geologiststudy how peple,places, and ideas are connected. They have learned that people are _________. |
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| Longitude and latitude determine what type of location? |
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| The latitude ranges from___degree to ___ degree |
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| What Imaginary line is located at 23 1/2 degrees South? |
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| What area is between 23 1/2 North and 23 1/2 South? |
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| What type of scientist study the earth? |
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| What is the study of the earth and the complex relationship between people and their environment |
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| What is also known as meridians |
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| What type of imaginary lines circle the earth parallel to the equator? |
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| What is the most widely known geographical feature? |
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| How do geographers divide the world into regions? |
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| human characteristics and physical features |
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| The earth is the ___ planet from the sun |
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| What sphere is known as the part of the earth that is covered b water. |
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| This is a windless area at the equator. |
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| Sunlight provides ________and _______to the earth. |
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| The Leeward side of the mountain is often called______? |
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| If the sun is giving direct light on the Tropic of Cancer, it is ______ season in the U.S. |
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| What is air moving across the earth? |
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| What is the cloudiest city in the U.S. |
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| Where are the trade winds located? |
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| Oceans circular patterns flow _________in the northern hemisphere and flow __________in the southern hemishphere |
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| Clockwise/counterclockwise |
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| When direct rays form the sun are on the Tropicof Capricorn or Tropic of Cancer it is called what? |
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| What are resources or goods sent from one country into another? |
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| All areas surrounding Mile high Stadium in Denver, Colorado is 90 degrees F.? What would the temperature at the stadium be? |
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| What type of economy makes a living farming |
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| What are population patterns? |
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| What are the two basic types of economic activities? |
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| agriculture and industry/service |
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| What is the difference between birth rate and death rate |
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| What are the two types of farming? |
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| traditional and commercial |
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| What are the two types of countries based on most economies? |
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| Developed and undeveloped |
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| What three activities spread culture? |
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| In viewing history and population distribution, people like to live near what? |
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| Freshwater, fertile soil, and good temperatures |
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| Today, what are the three forms of economic systems? |
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| Free enterprise, capitalism, and socialism to command |
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| What is the average number of people living in a square mile or km? |
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| What type of conomic system does the U.S. have? |
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| How much of the earth's land surface is uninhabited? |
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| How many people live people live on the earth? |
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| What is the way of life of a group of people with common traditions, interest, and beliefs? |
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| Most, in the agricultural type of economy, do what form of farming? |
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| What type of culture change is usually prompted by discoveries or inventions? |
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| What landform is directly east of the Rocky mountains? |
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| What region has hot summers and bitter winters? |
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| What are Pacific hurrincanes that can threaten Hawaii? |
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| What percentage of the U.S. workforce works in service industry? |
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| What was a U.S. architectural creation? |
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| Who is the world leader in trade? |
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| Who did both the U.S. and Canada gain their independence from? |
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| On the world scale, what percentage does U.S. export worldwide? |
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| Who has the number one economy in the world? |
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| On the world scale,what percentage does U.S. export worldwide? |
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| What is the U.S. population density? And, what is the Canadian population density? |
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| What is the median income in the U.S. and Canada? |
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| What is the largest river in North America? |
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| What is the world's largest waterfall? |
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| As an oil exporter, where does Venezuela rank in the world? |
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| What is the classification of most Latin American countries economies? |
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| What is the fastest growing city in Latin America? |
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| The Amazon River Basin tropical forest makes up what fraction of South America? |
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| What is the main Latin American sport? |
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| Who(country) still has a dictatorship in iLatin America? |
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| By far, what is the most dominant religion in Latin America? |
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| What is the longest river in the western hemisphere? |
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| Latin America makes up what percent of the world's population? |
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| What is the Latin America's three cash crops? |
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| Bananas, coffee, sugar cane |
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| What is the most important river in Europe? |
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| What are the two great ancient European civilizations during the classical world? |
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| Who is the world's 2nd leading exporter of fishery items? |
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| What is the most populated city in Europe? |
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| What type of forest does Marine West Coast climate create in Europe? |
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| What is Europe's most powerful economic power? |
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| Who is the top wine producer in the world? |
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| What is the most important river in Eastern Europe? |
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| How many years ago did the first Europeans arrive in Europe? |
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| What is the highest point in the Alps? |
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| Where does 75% of the European population live? |
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| What European city has the highest population density? |
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| What percentage of the European population works in manufacturing? |
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| What percentage of the European population works in agriculture? |
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| What is the population of Europe? |
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| The earliest civilizations were found between what two rivers? |
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| What were religious wars between the Christians and the Muslims? |
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| What country has the highest population density in the Middle East? |
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| In order, who are the top three economic powers in the Middle East? |
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| Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Iran |
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| What civilization developed first alphabet? |
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| What countries have the highest and lowest median family income in the Middle East region? And,how much is each? |
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| Qatar $53,000 and Afghanistan $270.44 |
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| What type of person is a nomadic desert livestock herder in the Middle East? |
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| What percent of the population in the Middle East are of the Islamic faith? |
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| What were the two great early Middle Eastern civilizations? |
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| In most parts of the Middle East, they average how much precipitation? |
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| The Middle East is the birth place of what three religions? |
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| Judaism, Christianity, and Islam |
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| What percentage of Middle East workers makes their living in agriculture? |
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| What country was formed in 1948 by the United Nations? |
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| What desert takes up 10% of the world's surface? |
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| What is the longest river the world? |
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| Location is one of the five geographical themes. It deals with where is it? There is 2 types of location. Absoulute location is where the country is the globe . The other type is relative location bubba talk. it explains where you want to go using land marks or buildings. Absolute lovation is determined with latitude and longitude . Latitude is an invisible line thatn runs parallel to the equatore while longitude is perpindicular to the equator. longitude is nicknamed meridians. one important line of longitude is the prime meridian. Latitude is equator 0-90 |
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| What are all the factors affecting climate including sun-earth relationship |
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| 1.elevation 2. landform 3.latitude 4. wind/ocean currencts 5. region. There is the Greenhous effect which heats and warms the earth. Axis causes dayand night and revolution causes seasons |
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| What is culture? How did it originate? How does it change and spread? And, how are culture regions broken down today?? |
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| Culture is the way of life or tradiotions of a group of people. Cultrue can be spread by travel, trade, and migration. there can be external culture change and internal culture change. External culture change is when culture changes because of a spread of ideas. Internal culture change is caused by discoveries or inventions. Culture originates by reliion, art, music, literature, language, economic activities, history, and gov. Culture is broken down Gov is broken down in 3 categories. socialism, capitalism,and free enterprise |
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| Discuss the geography of the U.S. |
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| U.S. has many landforms it has the Mississippi river which is the 3rd longest river in the world. We also have the Appalachian mountains, Rocky mountains and the Great Plains. Britain was colonized by Britain. We export 12 % of all exports worldwide. The avg. family income is 46,000. It has a population density of 87.4 They are the world leader in trade. Also we are the 1 economy. we made the skyscraper. |
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| Discuss the geography of South America. |
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| Latin america was colonized by mostly Spain and Portugal. They are very family oriented. They enjoy music,dance, and arts. They play soccer and baseball. They celebrate holidays to the extreme like Carnival. Literacy rate is 90%.Most developed countries are Brazil and Mexico. 1/6 of them have t.v.s Amazon is 130 miles wide. Amazon is mostly navigable, largest waterflow, mid of rain forest and longest river in Western hemisphere. |
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| Discuss the geography of Europe. |
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| Europe has many landforms in it like Scandanavian Pennisula and Highland which was dug out by glaciers, Alps, North European Plain. Europe has two important water systems the Rhine and Danube they provide transportation, irrigation, and electricity. Europe has a huge amount of coal and iron ore. Europeans typically rely on coal and iron ore reserves. Europe has 4 major climates........... |
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