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33 Cards in this Set
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Geography
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the study of people, their environment, and their resources
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5 Themes of Geography
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location, place, interactions between people and their environment, movement, region
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Location
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position of a place on the earth's surface
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exact location
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absolute point of reference; never changes; can only be once place on earth.
ex. latitude + longitude |
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relative location
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the description of a place in terms of another place
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place
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described in terms of physical and human characteristics
physical: landforms, climate, soil, etc. human: way of life, activities, languages |
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region
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an area in the world with its own unifying characteristics; physical, cultural, economical
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cartography
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the science or art of making maps
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map prjections
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way of showing the curved earth on a flat surface
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Why do all maps have distortion?
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When going from a curved to a flat surface, area, shape, and distance do not remain constant.
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political map
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shows man made features such as borders, cities, schools, etc.
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physical map
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shows natural features such as mountains, lakes, rivers, etc.
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climate
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the average weather of a place over 20-30 years; anything shorter is considered weather
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2 factors that influence climate
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elevation
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desert / arid
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hot and dry (unless tundra, then only dry) about 5-10 inches of precipitation per pear
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Tropical wet / rainforest
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usually hot and humid; about 100 inches of rain per year
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temperate
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moderate climate; warm summers; cool winters
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wet / dry
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hot, wet summers; warm, dry inters; about 50 inches of rainfall per year
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polar / arctic
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cold all year; about 8 inches of precipitation per year
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topography
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the physical features of a place or region
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mountains
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high, steep rugged land area that rises above surrounding landscape; above 2,000 feet in elevation
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hill
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area of raised land that is lower and more rounded than a mountain; above 500 feet, under 2,000 feet
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plain
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a broad area of fairly level land (sometimes gently rolling) that is usually close to sea level
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plateau
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large area of raised land that is flat or gently rolling
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bay
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part of a body of water that is partly enclosed by land; opposite of a peninsula
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cape
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narrow body / point of land that extends into a body of water (similar to peninsula)
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delta
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are formed by soil deposited at the mouth of a major river
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isthmus
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a narrow strip of land joining two larger land areas or joining a peninsula to the mainland
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lake
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a body of water surrounded by land
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peninsula
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an area of land surrounded on three sides by water
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strait
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a narrow channel connection two larger bodies of water
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island
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area of land surrounded on all sides by water
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archipelago
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a chain of islands
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