Mr. Morgan's Geography Set 1-1

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All waters that flow into the Amazon River in South America, the 2nd longest river in the world, flowing from Peru to the Atlantic Ocean

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Amazon River basin

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A mountain system extending along the western coast of South America.

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Andes Mountains

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The cool, dry, temperate grasslands of Argentina and the veld of South Africa

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Pampa

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A tableland of South America in southern Argentina.

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Patagonia

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A peninsula mainly in southeast Mexico between the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico

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Yucatan Peninsula

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An arm of the Atlantic Ocean in southeast North America bordering on Eastern Mexico, the southeast United States, and Cuba

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Caribbean Sea

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A channel separating South America from Tierra del Fuego and other islands south of the continent and connecting the southern Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans.

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Straight of Magellan

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The distance measured north and south on the earth's surface.

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Latitude

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Imaginary lines that run East and West.

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Latitude

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The distance measured East and West on the earth's surface.

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Longitude

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Imaginary line that run North and South.

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Longitude

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North, South, East, and West

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Cardinal Directions

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The points halfway between the Cardinal Directions.

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Intermediate Directions

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NE, NW, SE, SW

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Intermediate Directions

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A table used to explain what symbols mean on a map or chart.

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Legend (Map Key)

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Used to measure distance on a map.

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Scale

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A group of places that have similar attributes and distinct boundaries.

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Formal Regions

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A group of places connected by movement focused around one central place.

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Functional Region

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A group of places that is defined by peoples feelings and attitudes.

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Perceptual Region

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The position of a place in relation to another place.

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Relative Location

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An imaginary line that circles the earth at 23.5 degrees North latitude.

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Tropic of Cancer

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An imaginary line that circles the earth at 23.5 degrees South latitude.

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Tropic of Capricorn

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The imaginary boundary between the North and South hemispheres. (zero degrees latitude)

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Equator

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The zero meridian used as a line for measuring east and west. (longitude)

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Prime Meridian

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An imaginary line that circles the earth at 66.5 degrees North. (latitude)

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Arctic Circle

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An imaginary line that circles the earth at 66.5 degrees South (latitude)

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Antarctic Circle

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Ways of showing the earth on a flat page in an effort to make the best possible representation with the least amound of distortion.

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Map Projections

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To bring the merchandise, commondities, workers etc. from a foreign country.

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Import

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To ship merchandise, commondities, workers etc. to another country.

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Export

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North American Free Trade Agreement

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NAFTA

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An agreement for free trade between US, Canada, and Mexico.

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NAFTA

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A person who moves from place to place to get work.

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Migrant Worker

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A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

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Rainforest

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Farming with the goal of providing the basic needs for self and family.

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Subsistence Farming

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The raising of crops or livestock to sell in markets.

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Commercial Farming

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A large estate or far especially in hot country where crops such as cotton, coffee, tea, or rubber trees are grown, usually worked by resident laborers.

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Plantation

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To bring a supply of water to a dry area, especially in order to help crops grow.

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Irrigation

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A farm crop grown for sale and profit.

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Cash Crops

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The process of stripping the land of its trees.

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Deforestation

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The preservation, management, and care of natural and cultural resources.

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Conservation

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Tourism that encourages environmental awareness and has little effect on the ecosystem.

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Ecotourism

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The way in which land is used especially in farming and city planning.

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Land Use

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An economic activity that uses or takes natural resources directly.

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Primary Economic Activity

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An economic activity where people use raw materials ro produce or make new products of greater value.

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Secondary Economic Activity

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An economic activity where people seek to serve others.

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Tertiary Economic Activity

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An economic activity that focuses on the transferring of information, such as a teacher or researcher.

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Quaternary Economical Activity

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A small scale manufacturing operations using very little technology.

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Cottage Industry

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A large scale manufacturing operation.

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Commercial Industry

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An economic system that is controlled by a single central government.

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Command Economy

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An economic system where decisions about produbtion are determined by supply and demand.

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Market Economy

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An economic system based on the idea of subsistence farming.

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Traditional Economy

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Total value of all goods and services produced within a country in one year.

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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

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Total value of all goods and serviced produced within a country in one year divided by the population.

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Gross National Product (GNP)

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Study Maps

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Countries within Latin America

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The study of where people and places are located and how they relate to each other.

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Geography

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Geographic Information Systems-technology used to collect, manipulate, analyze, and display data about the earth's surface in order to solve geographic problems.

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GIS

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Halves, as the Norther Hemisphere, or, Southern Hemisphere.

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Hemisphere

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The Physical and Human characteristics of a place.

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Character of a Place

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A viewpoint that is influenced by one's own culture and experiences.

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Perception

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A thick layer of rock.

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Mantle

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Center of the earch consists of very hot metal, mainly iron mixed with some nickel.

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Core

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Soil, rocks, landforms, and other surface features.

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Lithosphere

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The layer of air, water, and other substances above the surface.

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Atmosphere

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Consists of water in oceans, lakes, rivers, and even under the ground.

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Hydrosphere

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The world of plants, animals, and other living things that occupy the land and waters of the planet.

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Biosphere

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The difference in elevation between the highest and lowest points.

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Relief

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The theory that the earth's outer shell is composed of a number of large, unachored plates, or slabs of rocks, whose constant movement explains earthquakes and volcanic activity.

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Plate Tectonics

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The idea that continents slowly shift their positions due to movement of the tectionic plates on which they ride.

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Contenental Drift Theory

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A circle of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean.

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Ring of Fire

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The breakdown of rock at or near the earth's surface into smaller and smaller pieces.

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Weathering

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Occurs when rock is actually broken or weakened physically.

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Mechanical Weathering

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The process by which the actual chemical structure of rock is changed, usually when water and carbon dioxide cause a breakdown of the rock.

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Chemical Weathering

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Rain whose high concentration of chemicals, usually from industrial pollution, pollures water, kills plants and animal life, and eats away at the surface of stone and rock.

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Acid Rain

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The movement of weathered matericals such as gravel, soil, and sand.

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Erosion

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Small particles of soil, sand, and gravel.

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Sediment

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The sand blown deposits of mineral-rich dust and silt.

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Loess

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Huge, slow-moving sheets of ice.

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Glacier

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A ridge like mass of rock, gravel, sand, and clay carried and depositied by a glacier.

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Moraine