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| What is the name of the contintents joined together? |
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| What are the invisible lines wrapped around vertically around the earth? |
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| What are the 5 terms of geography? |
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| Location,Place,Region,Movement, and Human Enviroment Interaction |
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| a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water. |
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| a large open area of grassland, especially in the Mississippi River valley |
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| a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two large areas of water. |
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| a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust. |
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| A river delta is a landform that forms from deposition of sediment carried by a river as the flow leaves its mouth and enters slower-moving or standing water. |
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| When writing latitude and longitude which comes first? |
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| How do you find latitude and longitude? |
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| By examining the grid on the map |
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| a tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans |
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| a member of a powerful military caste in feudal Japan |
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| a seasonal prevailing wind |
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| What is significant about the pacific ring of fire? |
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| Ring of volcanoes and earthquakes around the pacific |
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| Why is the ganges river so polluted? |
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| Religious ceremonies and industrail waste |
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| What type of physical feature do the islands of japan make? |
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| How were most of the islands in southeast asia formed? |
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| What is significant about the location of the suez canal? |
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| Connects the med to the red |
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| What is the product of desalinization? |
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| What are the main characterisitics of islamic architecture? |
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| Arabic script, geometeric shapes, and natural scenes |
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| What is the name for a government based on religion? |
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| Why is the strait of hormuz so important? |
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| Only transportation route to a lot of oil. |
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| What is the functional purpose of wearing clothing from head to toe in the middle east? |
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| Protect you from heat,wind, and the sun |
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| Why are north africa and southwest asia considered one region? |
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| Common cultural elements (Islam) |
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| What is the most dominant climate region in the middle east? |
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| In what country is the rub al-khali/Empty quarter found? |
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| Someone under 18 forced to joined a organized government organization. |
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| the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. |
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| Define subsistence farming |
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| Farming that provides enough food for the farmer and his family but not enough for sale |
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| What country is conflict diamonds most associated with? |
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| What was the name of the meeting of european countries to decide how to divide the territories in africa? |
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| What group can most of the sub saharan african languages and cultures be traced back to? |
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| What are 2 other names for blood diamonds? |
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| Conflict diamonds and war diamonds |
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| Oldest archaeological sites |
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| Where is the great rift valley? and how was it formed? |
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| Kenya and continental plates pulling apart |
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| What are the three vegetation regions of sub saharan africa? |
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| Sahel,tropical rainforest, and savannah |
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| What is the main religion in europe today? |
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| Government takes care of education, healthcare, and employment of its citizens |
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| How many european nations are part of the european union? |
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| How many people were killed in the holocaust? |
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| What two european countries had a great influence of the development of the U.S? |
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| Greece-Democracy and Rome-Republic |
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| After england gained control of ireland, scotland, and wales, it formed what? |
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| Which islands make-up the british islands? |
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| Ireland and Great Britain |
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| The iberian peninsula comprises what two modern day countries? |
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| What epidemic killed 25 million peuropeans in the fourteenth century? |
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| What modern day european country has the largest population? |
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| Which north american mountain range is the oldest? |
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| What are two official languages of canada? |
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| Who was the french and indian war between? |
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| America and Great Britian |
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| What is the name of the land bridge used by the 1st inhabitants to north america connecting siberia and alaska? |
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| Which north american river flow from minnesota to the gulf of mexico? |
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| What southern american city called the hub of the south? |
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| What french term describes people of mixed french and native heritage? |
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| What is the longest mountain range in north america? |
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| a type of plains community characterized by vegetation ranging from tropical broadleaf woodlands to scrublands, occurring in extensive areas of Brazil. |
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| a military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force |
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| Define slash and burning farming |
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| of, relating to, or denoting a method of agriculture in which existing vegetation is cut down and burned off before new seeds are sown, typically used as a method for clearing forest land for farming. |
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