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1400 Geography Vocab
6th and 7th grade vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| latitude | location north or south of the Equator measured in degrees |
| longitude | location east or west of the Prime Meridian measured in degrees |
| climate | usual, predictable pattern of weather in an area over a long period of time |
| culture | way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs |
| democracy | form of government in which leaders rule with consent of the citizens |
| monarchy | form of government in which the state is ruled by a single person or a small group |
| citizen | legal member of a country |
| immigration | the process of people moving from one country to another |
| civilization | culture with a written language in which people have many different jobs |
| genocide | mass murder of a people because of their race, religion,ethnicity, politics, or culture |
| polytheism | belief in more than one God |
| monotheism | belief in one God |
| artifacts | object made by early people |
| renewable resources | natural resource that cannot be used up or replaced, such as trees |
| non-renewable resources | natural resource such as minerals that cannot be replaced |
| import | to buy goods from another country |
| export | to trade goods to other countries |
| communism | political and economic system in which government owns all property and makes all economic decisions |
| representative democracy | democracy in which people elect representatives to make the nation's laws |
| drought | long period of extreme dryness |
| monarchy | form of government in which a king or queen inherits the right to rule |
| natural resource | product of the earth that people use to meet their needs |
| suburb | smaller community that surrounds a city |