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geography
chapters 1-4 study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| precipitation | all the forms of water that fall to earth from the atmosphere |
| rotation | the spinning motion of the earth, like a top on its axis, as it travels through space |
| deciduous | a type of tree that sheds its leaves when winter approaches |
| savannahs | a tropical grass land with scatterd trees, located in the warm lands nearest the equator |
| permafrost | a layer of soil just below the earths surface that stays permanently frozen |
| equinoxes | either of the two times each year when day and night are of nearly equal length |
| natural vegetation | the typical plant life that abounds in areas where humans have not signaficantly altered the landscape |
| environment | the physical conditions of the natural surroundings |
| revolution | one complete orbit of the earth arround the sun |
| climate | the term used for the weather patterns that an area or region typically experiences over along period of time |
| solstices | either of the two times a year when the sun appears directly overgead at noon |
| coniferous | cone bearing; a type of tree able to servive long |
| tundra | a region where tempatures are always cool or cold and only specialized plants can grow |
| atmosphere | a multlayered band of gasses, water vapop and dust above the earth |
| demography | a study of human populations including tere size growth, density, distrobution and rates of births marriages and deaths |
| population density | the average number of people living in 1 area |
| immigrant | a person who moves into a country |
| emigrant | a person who leaves a country to live somewhere else |
| authoritarian | descriptive of a system of government in whech one person perhaps a dictator, holds all political power |
| communism | a system of government in whech the government controls the mean of production |
| acculturation | the process of accepting, borrowing and exchanging traits between cultures |
| diffusion | the process of spreading cultural traits from one person or society to another |
| rural | of or characteristic of, the countryside |
| urbanization | the growth of city populations |
| mixed economy | a system combining different degress of government regulation |
| federal | relating to a union of state that recognize a single centeral government |
| confederation | a system of government which individual political units keep soverign but give limited power to a centeral government |
| sovereignty | a countries freedom and power to decide on policies and actions |
| dictatorship | a system of government in which absolute power is held by 1 person |
| totalitarianism | a system of government in which a centeral authority controls all aspects of society |
| monarchy | a system of authoritarian headed by a monarch |
| democracy | a system of goverment in which the people are invested with the power to choose there leaders |
| socialism | a system in which a government owns, manages or controls the production |
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