World Geography Unit 1 Test

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Latitude and Longitude lines

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make up the grid system by which we measure and navigate the globe.

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two major branches of geography are

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physical geography and humangeography _

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Physical geography

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focuses on the study of the earth'sphysical features climate, land, water, plants, and animal life. -

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Human geography, or cultural geography,

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is the study of human activities and their relationships to the cultural or physical environments. The people and different cultures - religion, way of life, politics, economics

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Cartography is

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another name for mapmaking

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hydrosphere

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- The _________ is made up of oceans, lakes, rivers and other bodies of water.

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lithosphere

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- The ___________ is made up of land surfaces including the land beneath the oceans.

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atmosphere

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The _______ is the air we breathe made up of gases extending about 6,000 miles above the planets surface.

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biosphere

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The ________ is the parts of the earth that supports life.

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When the tectonic plates spread apart, ,________ or molten rock, is pushed up from the mantle and ridges are formed.

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magma -

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Plate may also grind or slide past each other, creating crack in the earth's crust called ______.

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faults

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________ is the wearing away of the earth's surface by wind, glaciers,and moving water

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Erosion

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__________is the term for the weather patterns that an area typically experiences over a long period of time.

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Climate

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Around March 21 the suns rays fall directly on the equator.This is called the _________ which means equal night.

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equinox

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What is thegreenhouse effect.

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Earth's atmosphere is like the glass in a greenhouse trapping the sun's warmth for growing plants even in cold weather.

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Global winds blow in fairly constant patterns called _______ winds. They blow clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and Counterclockwise in the southern.

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prevailing

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The five major climate regions are:

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dry, tropical, mid-latitude, high latitude, and highlands.

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Longitude runs _______________________________

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North and South of the Prime Medidian

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Latitude runs ___________________________________

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East and west of the equator

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Weather is

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A day by day or short term temperatures of an area.

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Absolute location is _______________

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Exact location using longitude and latitude coordinates

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Evaporation is _________________________________

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When a liquid changes to a gas

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Natural increase is

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the growth rate of a population

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Ethnic group is

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a group of people with the same culture

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Federal System is

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power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units.

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Population density is

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the population per square mile

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What percentage of the earth's surface is water?

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70%

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What is the highest point on Earth?

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Mt. Everest