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All wters that flow into the Amazon River in South America, the 2nd longest river in the world, flowing from Peru to the Atlantic Ocean
1
A mountain system extending along the western coast of South America.
2
The cool, dry, temperate grasslands of Argentina and the veld of South Africa
3
A tableland of South America in southern Argentina.
4
A peninsula mainly in southeast Mexico between the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico
5
An arm of the Atlantic Ocean in southeast North America bordering on Eastern Mexico, the southeast United States, and Cuba
6
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.
7
The distance measured north ans south on the earth's surface.
8
Imaginary lines that run East and West.
9
The distance measured East and West on the earth's surface.
10
Imaginary line that run North and South.
11
North, South, East, and West
12
The points halfway between the Cardinal Directions.
13
NE, NW, SE, SW
14
A table used to explain what symbols mean on a map or chart.
14
Used to measure distance on a map.
15
A group of places that have similar attributes and distinct boundaries.
16
A group of places connected by movement focused around one central place.
17
A group of places that is defined by peoples feelings and attitudes.
18
The position of a place in relation to another place.
19
An imaginary line that circles the earth at 23.5 degrees North latitude.
20
An imaginary line that circles the earth at 23.5 degrees South latitude.
21
The imaginary boundary between the North and South hemispheres. (zero degrees latitude)
22
The zero meridian used as a line for measuring east and west. (longitude)
23
An imaginary line that circles the earth at 66.5 degrees North. (latitude)
24
An imaginary line that circles the earth at 66.5 degrees South (latitude)
25
Ways of showing the earth on a flat page in an effort to make the best possible representation with the leaast amound of distortion.
26
To bring the merchandise, commondities, workers etc. from a foreign country.
27
To ship merchandise, commondities, workers etc. to another country.
28
North American Free Trade Agreement
29
An agreement for free trade between US, Canada, and Mexico.
30
A person who moves from place to place to get work.
31
A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.
32
Farming with the goal of providing the basic needs for self and family.
33
The raising of crops or livestock to sell in markets.
34
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.
35
To bring a supply of water to a dry area, especially in order to help crops grow.
36
A farm crop grown for sale and profit.
37
The process of stripping the land of its trees.
38
The preservation, management, and care of natural and cultural resources.
39
Tourism that encourages environmental awareness and has little effect on the ecosystem.
40
The way in which land is used especially in farming and city planning.
41
An economic activity that uses or takes natural resources directly.
42
An economic activity where people use raw materials ro produce or make new products of greater value.
43
An economic activity where people seek to serve others.
44
An economic activity that focuses on the transferring of information, such as a teacher or researcher.
45
A small scale manufacturing operations using very little technology.
46
A large scale manufacturing operation.
47
An economic system that is controlled by a single central government.
48
An economic system where decisions about produbtion are determined by supply and demand.
49
An economic system based on the idea of subsistence farming.
50
Total value of all goods and services produced within a country in one year.
51
Total value of all goods and serviced produced within a country in one year divided by the population.
52
Study Maps
53
The study of where people and places are located and how they relate to each other.
54
Geographic Information Systems-technology used to collect, manipulate, analyze, and display data about the earth's surface in order to solve geographic problems.
55
Halves, as the Norther Hemisphere, or, Southern Hemisphere.
56
The Physical and Human characteristics of a place.
57
A viewpoint that is influenced by one's own culture and experiences.
58
A thick layer of rock.
59
Center of the earch consists of very hot metal, mainly iron mixed with some nickel.
60
Soil, rocks, landforms, and other surface features.
61
The layer of air, water, and other substances above the surface.
62
Consists of water in oceans, lakes, rivers, and even under the ground.
63
The world of plants, animals, and other living things that occupy the land and waters of the planet.
64
The difference in elevation between the highest and lowest points.
65
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 earthwueakes and colcanic activity.
66
The idea that continents slowly shift their positions due to movement of the tectionic plates on which they ride.
67
A circle of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean.
68
The breakdown of rock at or near the earth's surface into smaller and smaller pieces.
69
Occurs when rock is actually broken or weakened physically.
70
The process by which the actual chemical structure of rock is changed, usually when water and carbon dioxide cause a breakdown of the rock.
71
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.
72
The movement of weathered matericals such as gravel, soil, and sand.
73
Small particles of soil, sand, and gravel.
74
The sindblown deposists of mineral-rich dust and silt.
75
Huge, slow-moving sheets of ice.
76
A ridge like mass of rock, gravel, sand, and clay carried and depositied by a glacier.
77
All wters that flow into the Amazon River in South America, the 2nd longest river in the world, flowing from Peru to the Atlantic Ocean
1
A mountain system extending along the western coast of South America.
2
The cool, dry, temperate grasslands of Argentina and the veld of South Africa
3
A tableland of South America in southern Argentina.
4
A peninsula mainly in southeast Mexico between the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico
5
An arm of the Atlantic Ocean in southeast North America bordering on Eastern Mexico, the southeast United States, and Cuba
6
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.
7
The distance measured north ans south on the earth's surface.
8
Imaginary lines that run East and West.
9
The distance measured East and West on the earth's surface.
10
Imaginary line that run North and South.
11
North, South, East, and West
12
The points halfway between the Cardinal Directions.
13
NE, NW, SE, SW
14
A table used to explain what symbols mean on a map or chart.
14
Used to measure distance on a map.
15
A group of places that have similar attributes and distinct boundaries.
16
A group of places connected by movement focused around one central place.
17
A group of places that is defined by peoples feelings and attitudes.
18
The position of a place in relation to another place.
19
An imaginary line that circles the earth at 23.5 degrees North latitude.
20
An imaginary line that circles the earth at 23.5 degrees South latitude.
21
The imaginary boundary between the North and South hemispheres. (zero degrees latitude)
22
The zero meridian used as a line for measuring east and west. (longitude)
23
An imaginary line that circles the earth at 66.5 degrees North. (latitude)
24
An imaginary line that circles the earth at 66.5 degrees South (latitude)
25
Ways of showing the earth on a flat page in an effort to make the best possible representation with the leaast amound of distortion.
26
To bring the merchandise, commondities, workers etc. from a foreign country.
27
To ship merchandise, commondities, workers etc. to another country.
28
North American Free Trade Agreement
29
An agreement for free trade between US, Canada, and Mexico.
30
A person who moves from place to place to get work.
31
A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.
32
Farming with the goal of providing the basic needs for self and family.
33
The raising of crops or livestock to sell in markets.
34
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.
35
To bring a supply of water to a dry area, especially in order to help crops grow.
36
A farm crop grown for sale and profit.
37
The process of stripping the land of its trees.
38
The preservation, management, and care of natural and cultural resources.
39
Tourism that encourages environmental awareness and has little effect on the ecosystem.
40
The way in which land is used especially in farming and city planning.
41
An economic activity that uses or takes natural resources directly.
42
An economic activity where people use raw materials ro produce or make new products of greater value.
43
An economic activity where people seek to serve others.
44
An economic activity that focuses on the transferring of information, such as a teacher or researcher.
45
A small scale manufacturing operations using very little technology.
46
A large scale manufacturing operation.
47
An economic system that is controlled by a single central government.
48
An economic system where decisions about produbtion are determined by supply and demand.
49
An economic system based on the idea of subsistence farming.
50
Total value of all goods and services produced within a country in one year.
51
Total value of all goods and serviced produced within a country in one year divided by the population.
52
Study Maps
53
The study of where people and places are located and how they relate to each other.
54
Geographic Information Systems-technology used to collect, manipulate, analyze, and display data about the earth's surface in order to solve geographic problems.
55
Halves, as the Norther Hemisphere, or, Southern Hemisphere.
56
The Physical and Human characteristics of a place.
57
A viewpoint that is influenced by one's own culture and experiences.
58
A thick layer of rock.
59
Center of the earch consists of very hot metal, mainly iron mixed with some nickel.
60
Soil, rocks, landforms, and other surface features.
61
The layer of air, water, and other substances above the surface.
62
Consists of water in oceans, lakes, rivers, and even under the ground.
63
The world of plants, animals, and other living things that occupy the land and waters of the planet.
64
The difference in elevation between the highest and lowest points.
65
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 earthwueakes and colcanic activity.
66
The idea that continents slowly shift their positions due to movement of the tectionic plates on which they ride.
67
A circle of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean.
68
The breakdown of rock at or near the earth's surface into smaller and smaller pieces.
69
Occurs when rock is actually broken or weakened physically.
70
The process by which the actual chemical structure of rock is changed, usually when water and carbon dioxide cause a breakdown of the rock.
71
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.
72
The movement of weathered matericals such as gravel, soil, and sand.
73
Small particles of soil, sand, and gravel.
74
The sindblown deposists of mineral-rich dust and silt.
75
Huge, slow-moving sheets of ice.
76
A ridge like mass of rock, gravel, sand, and clay carried and depositied by a glacier.
77
All wters that flow into the Amazon River in South America, the 2nd longest river in the world, flowing from Peru to the Atlantic Ocean
1
A mountain system extending along the western coast of South America.
2
The cool, dry, temperate grasslands of Argentina and the veld of South Africa
3
A tableland of South America in southern Argentina.
4
A peninsula mainly in southeast Mexico between the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico
5
An arm of the Atlantic Ocean in southeast North America bordering on Eastern Mexico, the southeast United States, and Cuba
6
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.
7
The distance measured north ans south on the earth's surface.
8
Imaginary lines that run East and West.
9
The distance measured East and West on the earth's surface.
10
Imaginary line that run North and South.
11
North, South, East, and West
12
The points halfway between the Cardinal Directions.
13
NE, NW, SE, SW
14
A table used to explain what symbols mean on a map or chart.
14
Used to measure distance on a map.
15
A group of places that have similar attributes and distinct boundaries.
16
A group of places connected by movement focused around one central place.
17
A group of places that is defined by peoples feelings and attitudes.
18
The position of a place in relation to another place.
19
An imaginary line that circles the earth at 23.5 degrees North latitude.
20
An imaginary line that circles the earth at 23.5 degrees South latitude.
21
The imaginary boundary between the North and South hemispheres. (zero degrees latitude)
22
The zero meridian used as a line for measuring east and west. (longitude)
23
An imaginary line that circles the earth at 66.5 degrees North. (latitude)
24
An imaginary line that circles the earth at 66.5 degrees South (latitude)
25
Ways of showing the earth on a flat page in an effort to make the best possible representation with the leaast amound of distortion.
26
To bring the merchandise, commondities, workers etc. from a foreign country.
27
To ship merchandise, commondities, workers etc. to another country.
28
North American Free Trade Agreement
29
An agreement for free trade between US, Canada, and Mexico.
30
A person who moves from place to place to get work.
31
A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.
32
Farming with the goal of providing the basic needs for self and family.
33
The raising of crops or livestock to sell in markets.
34
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.
35
To bring a supply of water to a dry area, especially in order to help crops grow.
36
A farm crop grown for sale and profit.
37
The process of stripping the land of its trees.
38
The preservation, management, and care of natural and cultural resources.
39
Tourism that encourages environmental awareness and has little effect on the ecosystem.
40
The way in which land is used especially in farming and city planning.
41
An economic activity that uses or takes natural resources directly.
42
An economic activity where people use raw materials ro produce or make new products of greater value.
43
An economic activity where people seek to serve others.
44
An economic activity that focuses on the transferring of information, such as a teacher or researcher.
45
A small scale manufacturing operations using very little technology.
46
A large scale manufacturing operation.
47
An economic system that is controlled by a single central government.
48
An economic system where decisions about produbtion are determined by supply and demand.
49
An economic system based on the idea of subsistence farming.
50
Total value of all goods and services produced within a country in one year.
51
Total value of all goods and serviced produced within a country in one year divided by the population.
52
Study Maps
53
The study of where people and places are located and how they relate to each other.
54
Geographic Information Systems-technology used to collect, manipulate, analyze, and display data about the earth's surface in order to solve geographic problems.
55
Halves, as the Norther Hemisphere, or, Southern Hemisphere.
56
The Physical and Human characteristics of a place.
57
A viewpoint that is influenced by one's own culture and experiences.
58
A thick layer of rock.
59
Center of the earch consists of very hot metal, mainly iron mixed with some nickel.
60
Soil, rocks, landforms, and other surface features.
61
The layer of air, water, and other substances above the surface.
62
Consists of water in oceans, lakes, rivers, and even under the ground.
63
The world of plants, animals, and other living things that occupy the land and waters of the planet.
64
The difference in elevation between the highest and lowest points.
65
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 earthwueakes and colcanic activity.
66
The idea that continents slowly shift their positions due to movement of the tectionic plates on which they ride.
67
A circle of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean.
68
The breakdown of rock at or near the earth's surface into smaller and smaller pieces.
69
Occurs when rock is actually broken or weakened physically.
70
The process by which the actual chemical structure of rock is changed, usually when water and carbon dioxide cause a breakdown of the rock.
71
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.
72
The movement of weathered matericals such as gravel, soil, and sand.
73
Small particles of soil, sand, and gravel.
74
The sindblown deposists of mineral-rich dust and silt.
75
Huge, slow-moving sheets of ice.
76
A ridge like mass of rock, gravel, sand, and clay carried and depositied by a glacier.
77