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world studies test 1
unit 1, world studies study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Location | Where is it? |
| Place | What is it like there? |
| Region | How are places similar or different? |
| Movement | How do people, goods, and ideas move from one location to another? |
| Human Environment Interaction | How do people relate to the physical world? |
| Pangea | The supercontinent that slowly drifted apart into the continents we know today. |
| plate tectonics | Enormous pieces of the Earth's lithosphere. |
| Alfred Wegener | A German scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift |
| convergent plates | Plates moving together. One descends below the other. |
| Divergent plates | Two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other |
| Ring of Fire | Area of frequent earthquake and volcanic activity encircling the basin of the Pacific Ocean. |
| A globe | best representation of the earth |
| relief map | a map that shows the elevation of an area using colors or shading |
| physical maps | map of natural characteristics of Earth's surface, such as landforms and bodies of water |
| formal region | The United States of America, the United Kingdom, Brazil. |
| peninsula | A piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides. |
| volcano | A vent or fissure in the Earth's surface through which magma and gases are expelled |
| Oasis | A fertile place in a desert where there is water and vegetation |
| strait | A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water |
| cataract | a step-like series of waterfalls |
| canyon | a deep, narrow valley with steep sides |
| valley | low land between hills or mountains |
| cape | point of land that extends into a river, lake, or ocean |