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Crull's Geo Vocab
Words that 6th graders at McClure Middle School in Kennesaw, GA need to know!
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Government | A group of people who have the power to make and enforce laws for a country or area |
| Economics | The study of how people meet their wants and needs |
| History | The study of the past |
| Social Studies | The study of people, their activities, their customs, and their institutions in relationship to other people. The 5 parts of Social Studies are government, economics, history, geography, and culture. |
| Geography | The study of the human and nonhuman features of Earth |
| Culture | The beliefs, customs, practices, and the behaviors of a particular nation or group of people |
| Latitude | lines run east & west and measure north & south of the Equator |
| Longitude | lines run north & south and measure east & west of the Prime Meridian |
| Hemisphere | a half of the earth. (divided at the Equator or the PrimeMeridian/International Date Line) |
| International Date Line | an imaginary line of longitude at 180 degrees that marks the beginning of the new day |
| Absolute Location | exact position on Earth in terms of longitude and latitude |
| Relative Location | location of a place relative to another place |
| Place | mix of human and nonhuman features at a given location |
| Region | area with at least one unifying physical or human feature, such as climate, landform, population, or history |
| Movement | how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another |
| Human-environment Interaction | how people affect their environment and how their environment affects them |
| Glacier | A long lasting, slowly moving river of ice on land |
| Peninsula | A body of land that is surrounded by water on three sides |
| Mountain | A natural elevation of the earth’s surface that rises abruptly |
| River | A large flowing body of water that usually empties into the sea |
| Sea | A large body of salty water that may be partly or completely surrounded by land |
| Strait | A narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water |
| Channel | A body of water that connects two larger bodies of water |
| Bay | A body of water that’s partly enclosed by land (smaller than a gulf) |
| Plain | Flat lands that have only small changes in the land |
| Fjord | A long narrow sea inlet that’s bordered by steep cliffs |
| Tropical Cyclone | An intense rainstorm with strong winds that forms over oceans in the tropics |
| Hurricane | A cyclone that forms over the Atlantic Ocean |
| Tornado | A swirling funnel of wind that can reach 200 miles per hour |
| Tropical wet climates | Combine hot temperatures and heavy rainfall year-round |
| Tropical wet and dry climates | Have a wet season in the summer and a dry season in the winter |
| Humid subtropical climates | Have year-round precipitation with mild winters and hot summers |
| Mediterranean climates | Have hot, dry weather in the summer and a rainy season in the winter |
| Continental climates | Have year-round precipitation with warm summers and cold, snowy winters |
| Tundra climates | Have cool summers and bitterly cold, dry winters |
| Subarctic climates | Have limited precipitation, cool summers, and very cold winters |
| Semi-arid climates | Dry desert climates |
| Arid climates | Very dry desert climates |
| Deciduous trees | Trees that lose their leaves in the fall |
| Coniferous trees | Trees that have needles and produce cones to carry seeds |
| Savanna | A park-like landscape with scattered trees that can survive dry spells |
| Ecosystem | A group of plant and animals that depend on each other and their environment for survival |
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