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Unit 1 vocablary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| history | The study of past events |
| topical | information categorized into rather than chronlogically. |
| chronlogical | evnents placed in order of when they took place |
| era | a period of time that is associated with particular person ,event, or quality |
| landform | shaped & types of land |
| plate tectonics | the theory that theory that the Earth's surface is divided into a number of plates which float independently over hot liquid rock, forming new land patterns and causing patterns |
| climate | the avrage weather of a place over a period of 20 -30 |
| vegation | plant life that grows in a area |
| culture | the customs ideas belifs, and skills of a people |
| physical geopgraphy | the study of land and its features |
| human geoggraphy | learning about people and their ways. |
| globe | the most accurate '' picture'' of the Earth, it is a sphere with a map of earth printed on it |
| relif | a change in elevation |
| physical map | a map that highlights many of the natrual features of a place, such as a mountains, plains,rivers and lakes by using color and shading |
| political map | a map that shows features of place such as coutries, ,states and cities |
| drought | long periods in which rainfalls at a much lower rate |