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30 Cards in this Set
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Terms for fertile, farmable land
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ARABLE and ALLUVIAL
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Chain of islands
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ARCHIPELAGO
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Term for dry land
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ARID
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Crops that are raised primarily for export
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CASH CROP
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Term for an area's weather patterns
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CLIMATE
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Long period of time without significant rainfall
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DROUGHT
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When countries rely on each other for survival
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INTERDEPENDENCE
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When you think your culture is better than everyone else's
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ETHNOCENTRISM
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Another term for prevent or block
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HINDER
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power created by swiftly moving water
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HYDROELECTRICITY
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Term that describes the roads and railroads that encourage trade and transportation
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INFRASTRUCTURE
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The process of bringing water to crops
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IRRIGATION
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A narrow piece of land that connects two larger pieces of land
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ISTHMUS
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A country that has no access to coastline
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LANDLOCKED
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Plains in Venezuela
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LLANOS
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A seasonal wind
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MONSOON
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Term for a river on which you can travel
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NAVIGABLE
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Area of water in the desert
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OASIS
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Plains in Argentina
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PAMAPS
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Another term for oil
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PETROLEUM
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High flat land
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PLATEAU
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Feeling more loyalty to your local area than to your nation
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REGIONALISM
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Another term for a country, farming region
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RURAL
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Plains in Africa
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SAVANNAS
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Narrow strip of water connecting two larger bodies of water
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STRAIT
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Growing crops on the side of a mountain
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TERRACE FARMING
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Term for a city area
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URBAN
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Type of farming in which farmer makes just enough to feed his/her family
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SUBSISTENCE FARMING
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Term for a country like Korea that was used by its neighbors as a protection zone
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BUFFER ZONE
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Term for Korea, a peninsula, through which China and Japan diffused cultural ideas
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LAND BRIDGE
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