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Unit1 Global
Geography,climate,culture
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Chain of islands | Archipelago |
| Waterfall | Cataract |
| Triangle area of marshland formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of rivers | Delta |
| Study of people,their environment, 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 | monsoon |
| Grassy plain with irregular patterns of rainfall | Savanna |
| Rich soil carried by flooding rivers | Silt |
| Sparse,Dry grassland | Steppe |
| Narrow water passage | Strait |
| Large landmass that juts from a coninent | subcontinent |
| Group of familiesbwith a common ancestor | Clan |
| Family with many generations dwelling together | Joint Family |
| Group claiming a common ancestor | lineage |
| Women ownership society | Matrilineal |
| Believing in 1 God | Monotheistic |
| A person who moves place to place in search of food | Nomad |
| Family consisting of parents and children | Nuclear Family |
| Family headed by Father,Husband, or Oldest male | Patriqrchal |
| Organization which kinship ties through the father | patrilineal |
| Believing in many Gods | Polytheistic |
| Time before writing systems were invented | Prehistory |