A group or chain of islands clustered together in a sea or ocean.

Local weather conditions of an area like temperature, precipitation, humidity, sunshine, wind, and other conditions.

The geographic characteristics that surround and affect the way people live.

An area where coniferous and deciduous trees are the most dominant plant.

Define: Deciduous Trees

These trees lose their leaves in the fall.

Define: Coniferous Trees

Include trees that have pinecones such as fir and spruce

The natural environment of a place. It includes its physical features (landforms, bodies of water), weather, climate, vegetation, and animal life.

Flat or tolling areas of land covered with grasses. They are called prairies in North America and pampas in South America

A large body of water that cuts deep into the land.

Half of the globe of the earth (northern, southern, eastern, western).

A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses. An isthmus has water on two sides.

Define: Latitude and Longitude

Imaginary lines on a map or globe that measure distance north and south of the Equator and distance east and west of the Prime Meridian.

Southern part of North America extending from Mexico to northwestern Columbia

A landform that is very high and steep. They are usually wide at the bottom and rise to a narrow peak or ridge.

Define: North America

A continent comprising of Greenland, United States, and Canada.

Define: Political Map

A map that shows location and borders of countries and communities.

Define: Prim Meridian

The line of longitude that forms the South Pole to the North Pole measured in degrees. It divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

A dense, either tropical or temperature forest, that receives lots of rain year round.

Define: South America

The entire Western Hemisphere continent south of Mesoamerica.

The area on the earth between the 23 1/2 degrees N and 23 1/2 degrees S lines of latitude, where the climate is almost always hot.

A cold, dry region covered with snow for more than half the year; vast treeless plain where the subsoil is always frozen.

All the plant life found in an area.

An imaginary line that circles the globe at its widest point (halfway between the North and South poles), dividing Earth into two halves.

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1. Geography

Geography Vocabulary

Question	Answer
Define: Archipelago	A group or chain of islands clustered together in a sea or ocean.
Define: Climate	Local weather conditions of an area like temperature, precipitation, humidity, sunshine, wind, and other conditions.
Define: Environment	The geographic characteristics that surround and affect the way people live.
Define: Forest	An area where coniferous and deciduous trees are the most dominant plant.
Define: Deciduous Trees	These trees lose their leaves in the fall.
Define: Coniferous Trees	Include trees that have pinecones such as fir and spruce
Define: Geography	The natural environment of a place. It includes its physical features (landforms, bodies of water), weather, climate, vegetation, and animal life.
Define: Grasslands	Flat or tolling areas of land covered with grasses. They are called prairies in North America and pampas in South America
Define: Gulf	A large body of water that cuts deep into the land.
Define: Hemisphere	Half of the globe of the earth (northern, southern, eastern, western).
Define: Isthmus	A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses. An isthmus has water on two sides.
Define: Latitude and Longitude	Imaginary lines on a map or globe that measure distance north and south of the Equator and distance east and west of the Prime Meridian.
Define: Mesoamerica	Southern part of North America extending from Mexico to northwestern Columbia
Define: Mountain	A landform that is very high and steep. They are usually wide at the bottom and rise to a narrow peak or ridge.
Define: North America	A continent comprising of Greenland, United States, and Canada.
Define: Ocean	A large body of saltwater.
Define: Physical Map	A map that shows landforms.
Define: Plains	Large areas of flat lands.
Define: Plateau	High, flat land.
Define: Political Map	A map that shows location and borders of countries and communities.
Define: Prim Meridian	The line of longitude that forms the South Pole to the North Pole measured in degrees. It divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Define: Rainforest	A dense, either tropical or temperature forest, that receives lots of rain year round.
Define: Region	A broad geographic area.
Define: South America	The entire Western Hemisphere continent south of Mesoamerica.
Define: Tropics	The area on the earth between the 23 1/2 degrees N and 23 1/2 degrees S lines of latitude, where the climate is almost always hot.
Define: Tundra	A cold, dry region covered with snow for more than half the year; vast treeless plain where the subsoil is always frozen.
Define: Vegetation	All the plant life found in an area.
Define: Equator	An imaginary line that circles the globe at its widest point (halfway between the North and South poles), dividing Earth into two halves.

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