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Unit 1 vocablary
Unit1 vocablary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| History | the study of past events |
| topical | information categorized into topics rather than chronologically. |
| chronological | events placed in of when they took place |
| era | a period of time that is associated with a particular person, event, or quality. |
| landform | shapes and types of land |
| plate tectonics | the theory that earths surface is divided into a number of plates which float independently over hot liquid forming new land patterns and causing earth quakes |
| climate | the average weather of a place of a place over a place of 20-30 years |
| vegetation | plant life that grows in an area |
| culture | the customs, ideas, beliefs and skills |
| physical geography | the study of land and its features |
| human geography | learning about people and their ways |
| globe | the most accurate "picture "of the earth, it is a sphere with a map on it |
| relief | a change in elevation |
| physical map | a map that highlights many of the natural features of a place, such as mountains, plains, rivers and lakes by using color and shading |
| political map | a map that shows features of a place , such as a countries , states, and cities |