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Survival Guide Geography
Question | Answer |
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Migration | to move from one region to another in rural (country) or urban (city) areas. |
Immigrants | are those who move into a new country in order to settle there. |
Cultural diversity | is the interaction of people from different cultures |
Westward migration | is the movement of people to the western and mid-western states to find new opportunities. (ex. jobs, land, and gold) |
Ohio River Valley | a key area in the American Revolution because it gave access to the American interior. |
religious persecution | Religious groups settled in the U.S. to escape |
population map | is a thematic map that shows an estimated number of people in a given area, for example, the number of people living in each U.S. state. |
The Gold Rush | resulted in the migration of thousands of people to California in the mid |
Physical map | a map that shows identifiable landmarks such as mountains, rivers, lakes, oceans, and other permanent geologic features |
Political map | a map that shows such things as national and state boundaries in the names and location of towns and cities |
Lines of Latitude | are parallel lines that measure distance north and south of the equator |
Lines of Longitude | or meridians, measure distance east and west of the Prime Meridian |
Railroad | was a mode of transportation that contributed to the expansion of the Western frontier |