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23 Cards in this Set
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Geography |
Study of the land/earth, and the people who live there |
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Five themes of geography |
Place movement region location interaction |
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Place |
Physical features human features |
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Movement |
Travel from place to place exchange of goods and ideas |
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Region |
Area united by similar physical conditions and cultural traits |
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Location |
In latitude and longitude In relation to one another |
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Interaction |
People adapting to the environment AND changing within the environment |
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Equator |
Imaginary line at 0 degrees latitude Divides the earth in half, into two hemisphere, north and south |
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Prime meridian |
Imaginary line at 0 degrees longitude |
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Landforms |
A topographical feature of the earth, such as plains, mountains, hills, valleys |
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Types of maps Hint: There's 6 of them! |
1) Climate 2) Economic or resource 3) Physical 4) Political 5) Road 6) Topographical |
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4 parts of a maps |
Title Compass rose Scale Key |
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7 continents |
North America South America Africa Europe Asia Australia Antarctica |
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What are the 5 oceans |
Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean Arctic Ocean Indian Ocean Southern Ocean |
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Primary sources |
An original object, document, or first-hand account of an event |
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Secondary source |
Uses the primary source to recount an event; can be opinions or interpretations |
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Culture |
The entire way of life that a people has developed |
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Migration |
To move from one country, place, or location to another |
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What geographic feature humans cross to get from Asia to North America? Why did they make this migration? |
They crossed the land bridge They did so because they were following their food sources |
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Archeology |
The study of evidence left by early people in order to find out about their cultures |
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Artifacts what kind of source is this? |
Objects made by past humans, which are used by archeologists to find out about past human cultures
primary source |
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Which is used to determine time zones: longitude or latitude |
Longitude |
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Matriarchal society |
A society controlled by women |