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social studies
Geography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| birth rate | number of people in a population who are born each year out of 1000 |
| climate | usual weather in a place over time |
| climate change | shifts in climate over time |
| climate map | map that shows patterns in the climate and weather |
| compass rose | map feature showing location of north |
| concentric zone model | geographic model showing typical patterns of urban land use |
| cultural diffusion | spread of ideas and practices from place to place |
| death rate | number of people in a population who die each year out of 1000 |
| demographics | study of populations |
| demographic transition model | geographic model tracing patterns of population growth |
| economic map | map that shows economic information like the locations of resources |
| Equator | the central line of latitude |
| hemisphere | half of Earth |
| human geography | the study o how people interact with broad regional systems |
| infant mortality rate | number of babies who die before reaching age one out of a 1,000 birtha |
| key | map features that shows each symbol and it's meaning (also called map legand) |
| latitude | imaginary line that circles Earth from east to west |
| legand | map feature that shows each symbol and it's meaning (also called map key) |
| life expectancy | number of years an average person can expect to live |
| longitude | imaginary line that circles the Earth frim north to south |
| map projection | the way in which the round Earth is transferred to a flat map |
| Mercator projection | common map projection that distorts scale from the Equator |
| migration | movement of people from place to place |
| physical geography | study of Earth and it's land forms and bodies of water |
| physical map | map that shows information about landforms and bodies of water |
| population density | a measure of how many people live within a set land area, like a square mile or square kilometer |
| population pyramid | geographic model showing populations by age bands and gender |
| prime meridian | the central line of longitude |
| scale | map feature showing distance |
| thematic map | map that shows information a particular subject, like voting patterns, sites of military conflicts, or population patterns |
| weather | measure of the atmospheric conditions in a place at a certain time, such as temperature, wind, and precipitation |
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cmseymour
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