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44 Cards in this Set
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How many continents are there in the world?
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7
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List the continents!
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North America
South America Europe Asia Africa Australia Antarctica |
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The Untied States is located in which continent?
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North America
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The 5 Themes of Geography stand for what name?
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Mr. Help
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What are the 5 Themes of Geography?
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Movement (M) Region (R) Human Environment interaction (HE) Location (L) Place (P)
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The theme of -___- means "where is it'
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Location
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What theme describes the way in which people, goods, and ideas travel?
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Movement
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What theme describes how people interact with the environment?
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Human Environment Interaction
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Name the region of Latin America where the Andes Mountains are located!
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South America
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The elevation of Latin America has a lot of -___-
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Variety
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What is the capital of Brazil?
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Brasilia
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Mexico is part of which region of Latin America?
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Middle America
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Another name for Mexico and Central America is -____-
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Middle America
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Key Terms Is Next!!!!
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Key Terms Is Next!!!!
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Something found in nature that people can use to meet their needs
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Natural resource
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A river or stream that flows into a larger river
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Tributary
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A country's economy based largely on one resource or crop
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One resource economy
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Electric power produced by rushing water
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Hydroelectricity
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The ways that goods and services are made available to people
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Economy
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The height of land above sea level
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Elevation
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A warming of the ocean water along the western coast of South America
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El Nino
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A long river in northern South America
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Amazon River
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A dense evergreen forest that has abundant rainfall year-round
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Rain Forest
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A strip of land with water on both sides that joins two larger bodies of land
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Isthmus
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A large raised area of mostly level land
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Plateau
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End Of Key Terms!!!
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End Of Key Terms!!!
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The pampas are similar to the -___- of the United States
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Great Plains
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The -____- contains the largest tropical rain forest in the world
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Amazon Basin
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More Key Terms!!!
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More Key Terms!!!
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A poor farmer in Latin America
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Campesinos
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Descendants of the first people who lived in a region
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Indigenous People
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A mexican factory that assembles parts for export
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Maquiladora
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To leave one country and settle in another
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Emigrate
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People who came into a forgin country to make a home
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Immigrant
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The Caribbean Islands
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The West Indies
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A group of people that share the same ansestry, language, religion, or cultural traditions
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Ethnic Group
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Why have thousands of people in Mexico and Central America been moving from the countryside to the cities?
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Population growth has led to job shortages in rural areas
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What religion is practiced by most people in Mexico and Central America?
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Catholicism
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Describe the way of life for wealthy people living in the cities of Mexico and Central America.
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Good School, Big Houses
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Most people in Mexico and Central America emigrate to the United States to find -___-
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Jobs
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Who were the first people to live on the Caribbean Islands?
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Ciboney
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What is the name of the island shared by Dominican Republic and Haiti?
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Hispaniola
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The Caribbean islands stretch from the waters off the coast of Florida to -___-
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The Northest Coast of South America
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The first European to sail to the Caribbean islands was -___-
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Christopher Columbus
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