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Unit1ruda
geography,climate,and culture
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Chain of islands | Archipelago |
| Waterfall | Cataract |
| Triangular area of marshl and formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of some rivers | Delta |
| Study of people,their enviornments and their 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,in India the winter monsoon brings rain | Monsoon |
| Grassy plain with irregular patterns of rainfall | Savanna |
| Rich soil carried by flooding rivers | Silt |
| Sparse,dry grsslands | Steppe |
| Narrow water passage | Strait |
| Large landmass that juts out from a continent | Subconntinent |
| Group of families with a common ancestor | Clan |
| Family orginization in which several generations share a common ancestor | Joint family |
| Group claming a common ancestor | Lineage |
| Term for a family orginization in which kinships tie are traced through the mother | Matrilineal |
| Beliving in one god | Monothestistic |
| Person who moves from place to place in search of food | Nomad |
| Family unit consisting of parents and children | Nuclear family |