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Geography PBW 13-25
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Highland | the type of climate that changes with elevation |
| Humanitarian Aid | assistance to people in distress |
| Interdependence | the reliance of one country on the resources good and services of another country |
| Mediterranean | sunny warm summers and mild wet winters is a description of this climate type |
| MIddle Latitudes | this is where temperate climates occur |
| Monsoons | seasonal winds that bring periods of heavy rains or dry weather |
| Physical Feature | a natural quality of the Earth's surface that includes land formations and vegetation zones. |
| Poles | lines of longitude meet at these points |
| Refugee | when people flee to another country because of political, social, or economic unrest |
| Steppe and Desert | two dry climate types |
| Temperate Zone | includes climates like Mediterranean, Humid Subtropical, and Marine West Coast |
| weather | the short term changes in the air for a given place and time |