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20 Cards in this Set
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Define Archipelago
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A large group of islands in a sea or ocean.
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Define Isthmus
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A narrow strip of land joining two large land masses, or joining a peninsula to the mainland.
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Define Peninsula
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An area of land which projects out from a larger land mass amd is almost surrounded by water.
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Define Absolute Location
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Finds the exact location on the globe. Uses lat/long. Even uses address.
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Define Plate Tectonics
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The belif that earth's shell is not one solid piece of rock but instead it is broken into a number of pieces called plates. These plates move.
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Define Global Studies
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The study of the earth's surface, the processes that shape it, and the relationships between people and their environment.
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Equator
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0 Latitude
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Fill in the blank:
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Latitude
Globe Ring of Fire |
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Name one advantage maps have over globes
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You can bring them places.
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Name two facts that prove continental drift theory
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1. Mtn. chains line up
2. Fossil remains of similar plants/animals are found on diff. continents |
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TOADS on a Log
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Title Orientation Author
Date Scale Legend |
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Location
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Deals with how we find places on the earth
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Place
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Is more likea description of a place. How are places similar or unique? What are they like?
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Human-Environmental Interaction
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How people change and adapt (to) their surroundings
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Movement
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Places do not exist in isolation. Movement of goods, people, and ideas.
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Region
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Grouping similar places by religion, language, income, gov. types, physical features, and climate.
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Subduction
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Ocean plate crashes into a continental plate, ocean plate is forced down. Mtns. with volcamoes and valleys. Ex. Andes Mtns.
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Faulting
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Plates that slide or slip past each other. Ex. San Andreas Fault, CA
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Spreading
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Plates pull away from e/o. Areas have Rift valleys, earthquakes, volcanoes. Ex. Atlantic
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Converging
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When two similar plates crash into e/o. They push against to create mnts. Ex. Himalayas
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