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Unit 1 Ruda
Geography, Climate, and Culture
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Chain of islands. | Archipelago |
| Waterfalls | Cataract |
| Triangular area of marshland formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of some rivers. | Delta |
| Study of people their enviornment and resources. | Geography |
| Thick sheet of ice that covered parts of the earth during the ice age. | Glacier |
| Distance north or south of the equator. | Latitude |
| Distance east or west of the prime meridian. | Longitude |
| Seasonal wind India, the winter monsoon brings hot, dry weather and the summer monsoon brings rain. | Monsoon |
| Grassy plain with irregular patterns of rainfall. | Savanna |
| Rich soil carried by flooding rivers. | Silt |
| Sparse, dry grassland | Steppe |
| Narrow water passage way | Strait |
| Large land mass that juts out from a continent. | Subcontinent |
| Groups of familes with a common ancestor | Clan |
| Family organization in which several generations share a common dwelling | Joint Family |
| Believing in one god | Monotheistic |
| Person who moves from place to place in search of food. | Nomad |
| Family unit consisting of parents and children | Nuclear Family |
| Describing a family headed by the by the father. | Patriarchal |
| Term for a family organization in which kinship ties are traced through the father. | Patrilineal |
| Believing in one god. | Polytheistic |
| Period of time before writing systems were invited. | Prehistory |
| Group claiming a common ancestor | Lineage |