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66 Cards in this Set
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Latitude |
Measured north and south of the equator ( IMPORTANT TO CLIMATE ) |
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Longitude |
Measured east and west of the equator |
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Low latitudes |
The tropics ( warm , rainforest , humid ) |
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Mid latitudes |
Temperatures climate ( think of United States , most of Europe ) |
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High latitudes |
Cold climates (think of polar bears ) |
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Air condition |
Have allowed people to live in hotter climates |
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Climate Influence by |
•Height above sea level •Distance from the equator •Amount of rainfall •Average daily temperature •Distance from major body of water |
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Farmers in arid areas have planted |
Drought resistant crops |
•When you have no water for a long period of time |
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In desert areas have modified their environment by building |
Desalinization |
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Desalinization |
Plants to make salt water into fresh water |
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El Niño |
Brings warm water eastward towards the American instead of the west |
This cause severe weather changes |
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Biosphere |
Includes all living things |
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Lithosphere |
Includes all of the ground all of the earth |
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Atmosphere |
Includes all of the air |
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Hydrosphere |
Including all the water |
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Subduction |
The movement of the heavy wet ocean plate under the lighter continental plate |
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Subduction |
The movement of the heavy wet ocean plate under the lighter continental plate |
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Volcanoes and earthquakes are known for ? |
The plate boundaries are where two plates meet |
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Most famous plate boundary (known for explosive volcanos and larger earthquakes ) |
Ring of fire |
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Most famous plate boundary (known for explosive volcanos and larger earthquakes ) |
Ring of fire |
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Fault lines |
Weak spots on the plates crack |
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Most famous plate boundary (known for explosive volcanos and larger earthquakes ) |
Ring of fire |
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Fault lines |
Weak spots on the plates crack |
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Earthquakes |
Fault slip from the pressure |
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San Andreas |
Fault slips it creates earth quakes all along the western coast |
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Mountains |
When plates are pushing against each other |
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Mountains |
When plates are pushing against each other |
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Erosion |
The wearing alway and removing of debris by water and wind |
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Mountains |
When plates are pushing against each other |
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Erosion |
The wearing alway and removing of debris by water and wind |
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Geographical features |
Grand Canyon and arches on the beaches are created by erosion |
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Mountains |
When plates are pushing against each other |
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The Amazon is a _____________ region |
Vegetation |
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Latin America is a ______________ region |
Cultural |
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Command economy |
Central authority determines the type quantity of goods to be produced |
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Communist economies / command economies |
The government decides |
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Market economics |
Supply and demand decides prices of goods and services |
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Democracy |
Each person is entitle to a vote and government is made of elected officials |
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Totalitarian |
One party rule known for censorship and the use of terror to maintain power |
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Migration |
The movement of people from one area to another |
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Push |
Reasons people leave |
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Pull |
Reasons people pick a new place |
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Erosion |
The wearing alway and removing of debris by water and wind |
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Why did Irish leave |
Great potato famine that lead wide spread starvation |
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Water resources |
•settlement •natural resources •transportation •climate |
Access to water Most people in Canada stay along the border of C and U.S |
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English and French |
Early explores of North America |
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English settled along the |
Atlantic forming the original colonies |
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The French settled in |
Quebec and along the Mississippi River |
Used Navigable Rivers to explore the Mississippi watershed |
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Rail roads |
Made it easier and cheaper to move and to move goods |
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Coal |
Made the industrial revolution possible |
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Industrial revolution |
Shortage of unskilled labor to work |
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Gold rush cause what to grow |
San Francisco and Denver and California |
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NAFTA : North America Free Trade Agreement |
Canada ,United states , Mexico agree to either no or low tariffs between the Countries to promote trade |
3 states |
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Geographical features |
Grand Canyon and arches on the beaches are created by erosion |
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New world |
The Americans |
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Old world |
Europe , Africa , Asia |
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Main conquers of Latin America were Spanish came looking for ? |
God , gold , glory |
3 G's |
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Cultural group |
Is a unique assortment of behaviors and beliefs that distinguish a society |
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Slash and burn |
Farmer's burn down trees and the ash provides nutrients for the crops |
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Glaciers |
•Reason why earth change •make lakes as they melt |
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Moraines |
Are formed by sand and rock that are deposited when the glaciers melt |
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Isthmus |
A narrow strip of land separating 2 bodies of water such as connecting the mainland and peninsula |
Panama one of the main isthmus we talked about |
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Delta |
The mouth of a river |
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Political boundaries |
Man made border like the boundaries of the United States |
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North America is geographical or no ? |
North America is a geographical region |
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Great Plains |
Vegetation like central Canada and Central America |
They are grassland |
