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Western Hemisphere Geography Vocabulary 4th quiz

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communication   ways people send and recieve messages thereby linking people and places.  
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envrionmental concerns/issues   interests people have about the care of the natural environment  
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human-made features   changes people have made to the land. These changes include buildings, bridges, tunnels, railroad tracks, dams, monuments, piers, farm fields.  
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human/environmental interactions   explains how people live in their environment  
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landlocked   almost or entirely surrounded by land; having no coastline or seaport.  
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topography   graphic description on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place to show their relative positions and elevations.  
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map author   the person or company that created the map  
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map date   the year in which the map was made.  
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map elements   the parts of a map that make it usable.  
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symbols   the pictures, shapes, or colors on a map that stand for objects, places, or people.  
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Tropic of Cancer   a line of latitude about 23 degrees to the North of the Equator.  
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Tropic of Capricorn   a line of latitude about 23 degrees to the South of the Equator.  
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Southern hemisphere   the half of the Earth south of the Equator  
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technology   skills, methods, tools, machines, and other things used to perform activities. This changes over time and affects the way people live, work, and play.  
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temperate   A region or climate with mild temperatures.  
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migrate/migration/immigration   to move from one country or region to another with the intent of staying at the place for a long period of time.  
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transportation   the way goods and people move from place to place; thereby linking communities.  
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ocean   a large body of saltwater  
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relative distance   the approximate distance of a place in relationship to other places (i.e. near and far)  
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