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7th ss final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The precise point where a place is located on Earth. | Absolute Location |
| The average number of people who live in a unit of area, such as a square mile. | Population Density |
| A geographic region that is well suited for permanent settlement. | Ecumene |
| A community of all living things in an area and the environment in which they live. | Ecosystem |
| The using up of goods and services | Consumption |
| By or for each person. | Per Capita |
| Something that encourages people to move to a new place. | Pull Factor |
| The unequal distribution of wealth or resources in a geographic area, so that some places are richer than others | Spatial Inequality |
| Natives of an area who have been conquered or dominated by others who came later. | Indigenous People |
| Severe or unusual weather condidtions, such as hurricanes, blizzards, or tornadoes. | Extreme Weather |
| The variety of plants and animals living in one area, or on Earth | Biodiversity |
| A broadleaf evergreen forest found in wet and hot regions near the equator. | Tropical Rainforest |
| All of the feeding relationships within an ecosystem | Food Web |
| A change in shape, size, or position of a place when it is shown on a map | Distortion |
| An area defined by one or more natural or cultural characteristics that set it apart from other areas | Region |
| A society in which different cultural groups keep their own identity, beliefs, and traditions | Plural Society |
| A series of plants and animals, each of which depends on the one below it for food | Food Chain |
| A wealthy country with an advanced economy | Developed Country |
| To move from a country | Emigrate |
| Something that encourages people to leave a place behind | Push Factor |
| The overall level of comfort and well being of a group or country | Standard of Living |
| Farming carried out mainly to provide food for farm families, with little left for sale to others | Subsistence Farming |
| The scientific study of climate and weather patterns | Meteorology |
| The process by which carbon and oxygen cycle among plants, people, and animals, and the environment | Carbon-Oxygen Cycle |
| The forces that divide people and countries | Centrifugal Forces |
| The forces that unite people and countries | Centipetal Forces |
| A way of representing the spherical Earth on a flat surface | Map Projection |
| A map that shows a particular theme or topic | Thematic Map |
| Found in or living in areas that are not close to cities | Rural |
| Made up of water that is fresh, not salty | Freshwater |
| A poorer country with a less advanced economy | Developing Countries |
| To move to a country | Immigrate |
| Someone who seeks safety by going to another country | Refugee |
| The movement of people from rural to urban areas, resulting in the growth of urban areas | Urbanization |
| Customs and ways of life handed down form ancestors | Traditional Culture |
| Great destruction or loss of life caused by natural forces rather than human actions | Natural Disaster |
| Removing or clearing away of trees from a forest | Deforestation |
| A group of countries that acts as a single market, without trade barriers between member countries | Common Market |
| Where a place is located in relation to another place | Relative Location |
| All the plants and trees in an area | Vegetation |
| Found in or living in a city | Urban |
| A geographic area that includes all of the land and waterways that drain into a body of water | Watershed |
| The total value of goods and services produced by a country in a year | Gross Domestic Product (GDP) |
| The constant flow of migrants from one country to another | Migration Stream |
| Worsening economic conditions in the countryside, including rising unemployment and growing poverty | Rural Decline |
| A change in a way of life to suit new conditions | Adaptation |
| A warm ocean current that flows off the west coast of South America every few years | El Nino |
| A severe storm with high winds that spiral around a calm center | Tropical cyclone |
| Using resources in ways that meet the needs of people today without hurting the ability of future generations to meet their own needs | Sustainable Development |
| A form of international cooperation in which countries give up some control of their affairs as they work together to achieve shared goals | Supernational Cooperation |
| What does the realtive location of a place tell you? | Where a place is compared to another place |
| What two continents are located entirely in the Western Hemisphere? | North America and South America |
| Maps cannot represent the exact size or shape of Earth's features because of... | Distortion |
| What do geographers use to indicate the absolute location of any place on Earth? | A global grid |
| A meridian of longitude is an imaginary line that runs... | from the North Pole to the South Pole |
| What causes the changing of seasons throughout the year? | the tilt of Earth's axis toward the sun |
| What does a map's scale compare? | distance on a map with distance on Earth |
| A map that shows population density is a type of... | thematic map |
| What are coal, iron, uranium, and petroleum? | Natural Resources |
| What does an economic map of a country show? | How its people make a living |
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