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Chapter 1 Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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What is Interdependence? | Mutual dependence of countries good from other places. |
What is a Region? | An area with it's own unifying characteristics. |
What is a Globe? | The world placed on a smaller scale. |
What is a map? | The world placed flat on a smaller scale. |
What is Google Earth? | The world placed on the internet on a smaller scale. |
What is Google Maps? | The world placed flat on the internet on a smaller scale. |
What is Mercator Projection? | A map that shows direction accurately. |
What is Inturrupted Projection? | A map with correct sizes of landmasses by cutting out oceans. |
What is Peters Projection? | Almost the same as Mercator Projection but has disort shapes of land masses. |
What is Robinson Projection? | Today's maps that are very accurate. |
What is Political Maps? | shows the borders that divide nations from one another. |
What is Physical Maps? | features such as mountains, lakes, and rivers. |
What is Topography? | physical features of a place or region. |
What is Vegetation? | the plant of life of a place or region. |
What is Mountains? | high, steep, rugged land that rises above the surrounding land. |
What is Elevation? | Height above sea level. |
What is hills? | areas of raised land, but they are lower and less steep than mountains. |
What is Plains? | large areas of fairly level or gently rolling land. |
What is Plateaus? | large areas of high, flat or gently rolling land. |
What is Climate? | average weather a place has over a period of 20-30 years. |