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World Geography Chapters 1-4
Term | Definition |
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Culture | the way of life of a society |
Cartographers | mapmakers |
Rotation | a complete turn of the earth on its axis every 24 hours |
Revolution | the year's earthly orbit around the sun/365 1/4 days |
Peninsula | a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides |
Equator | 0 degrees latitude/all lines run parallel to it |
Prime Meridian | 0 degrees longitude |
Doldrums | a windless area near the equator |
Absolute Location | a direct spot on the map |
Glacier | a large sheet of moving ice |
Irrigation | a way of bringing water to dry land |
Meteorologist | a person who studies the weather |
Political map | shows state and national boundaries, and capital cities |
Physical map | shows mountains, rivers, lakes |
Map projection | a way of representing the rounded earth on a flat surface |
Developed country | strong education, technology skills, and industry |
Conifer trees (pine) | have needles and cones |
Deciduous trees | have leaves |
Developing country | lacks money, resources, and skilled workers/traditional farming and not much technology |
Demography | study of populations such as birth, death, migration and marriage |
Climate zones | 5 major zones |
Poles | are located in the High Latitudes |
Weathering | breaking down rocks by physical or chemical means |
5 Themes of Geography | Location, Place, Human/Environmental interaction, Movement, Regions, |
4 major landforms | mountains, plains, plateaus, hills |
3 types of high-latitude climates | Tundra, Subarctic, Icecap |
Literacy rate | how many people can read and write |
EPA ( Environmental Protection Agency) | protects the environment from pollution |
Archipelago | a large group of islands |
Lines of latitude | run east and west, but measure north and south |
Lines of longitude | run north and south, but measure east and west |
Distortion | the stretching of earth when it appears on a map as compared to a globe |
Prevailing winds | winds that blow in fairly constant patterns |