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Geography Unit One
NYS Regents Ninth Grade
Question | Answer |
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chain of islands | archipelago |
study of people, their environments and their resources | geography |
distance north or south of the Equator, indicates temperature | latitude |
distance east or west of the Prime Meridian, indicates time zones | longitude |
believing in one God | monotheistic |
believing in many Gods | polytheistic |
period of time before writing systems were invented | prehistory |
large landmass that juts out from a continent | subcontinent |
the study of past people and cultures (artifacts) | archeology |
an area of region of the world with specific weather conditions | climate |
way of life handed down from one generation to the next | culture |
the way the globe is broken into halves (North and South OR East and West) | hemisphere |
an area of land almost surrounded by water | peninsula |
a display of the earth's features | physical map |
a display of a country or continents territories, boundaries and capitals | political map |
a display that shows the division and classification of specific areas of the world | regional map |
the ranking of individuals based upon common economic, cultural or political status | social class |
a display that highlights information from specific subjects | thematic map |
the study of human remains, cultures, and their development (bones) | anthropology |
is the way limited resources are used to satisfy wants and needs | economics |
the study of past events | history |
sociology | the study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society |