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42 Cards in this Set
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Define Region |
A geographical area defined by a commoncharacteristic |
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What are the three types of Region |
Formal, functional, perceptual |
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Define Functional Region |
Region defined by a unifying characteristic |
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Define Perceptual region |
A region defined by popular feelings and images., or how someone perceives a region |
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Define Lithosphere |
Layer of the Earth that includes the crust,continents, and ocean basins |
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Define Atmosphere |
The thin layer of gases that surround the Earth |
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Define biosphere |
The part of the Earth where life exists |
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What landform has a flat top with suddenly dropping sides |
Plateau/ butte |
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What landform has sediment piles up where the river empties into a lake or sea |
Delta |
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What is convection |
circularmovement caused when material is heated, expands and rises, then cools andfalls |
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Define Theory of Plate Tectonics |
The world continents started as Pangea, theplates have moved due to plate tectonics |
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What are effects when tectonic plates move apart and what happens when they “crash” into each other |
Faults are caused by plates moving apart. When two plates collide, mountains aredeveloped |
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Moving water creates what land from |
Rock |
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What are the three factors that affect climate |
Earth’s tilt, rotation, and revolution |
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What happens to climate when a place is at a high elevation |
Drier air, colder temperatures |
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What is the ultimate source of the earth’s climate |
The sun |
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What causes the seasons |
The Earth's revolution around the sun and it's tilt |
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Define Rotation |
Earth's spin on its axis, once every 24 hours |
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Define Urbanization |
Population shift from rural to urban areas |
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Define Rural |
Countryside |
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Define Metropolitan area |
A major city and its surrounding suburbs |
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Define World City |
Cities that play important role in global economics |
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What types of jobs are available in both rural and urban area |
Rural- farming and ranching Urban- industry and technology |
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Define Cultural Diffusion |
Spreading of one culture to another |
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Define Market Economy |
Individuals and private groups make decisions about what to produce |
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Define Command Economy |
Production and distribution of goods and services are made by a central authority |
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How does a Communist economy operate |
Government makes all economic decisions |
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Define Mixed Economy |
Individuals, private business and government make economic decisions |
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Define Socialism |
Majord industries are owned by the government and distribute among people |
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Define nonrenewable resources |
Resources that run out or take years to reproduce |
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Define fossil fuels, and list examples |
Resources formed in the earth by plant or animal |
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Primary economic activities, and give examples |
Direct harvesting of resources- logging and farming |
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more developed country, and give examples |
Highly developed economy, advanced technology, advanced healthcare- U.S and Great Britain |
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Newly Industrialized Countries, and give examples |
Country that has begun to transition from primary agriculture to manufacturing and industrial- Mexico and Turkey |
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less developed countries and give examples |
Country that exhibits lowest indicators of socioeconomic development- Pakistan and Zimbabwe |
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In developing nations, how many people work in agriculture |
Less work in agriculture |
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Define secondary economic activities |
Manufacturing of resources and factories |
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Define secondary economic activities |
Water Power |
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What country influenced many of the United States traditions of individual rights, representative government and a strong sense of democracy |
England |
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What group has the largest amount of immigration into the Unites States and why? |
Latin America, opportunity for jobs and growth |
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Different from 200 years ago, the majority of people in the United States today live where |
Urban Areas |
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What is NAFTA and what did it do in Canada, United States, and Mexico |
North American Free Trade Agreement |
