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IGHS Winkels
World Geography Chapters 1-4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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