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Geo. Terms
Geography Terms ( Know Defintion)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cartographer | MapMaker |
| Meteorologist | someone who studies the weather and forecating |
| Suq | marketplace |
| Shah | means king |
| Plo | when the palestinians wanted to take control over Israel |
| Cardinal Directions | North,South,East,West |
| Tsunami | a large wave caused by tectonic activity |
| Intermediate Directions | North East , North West,South East,South West |
| Furrow | a narrow trench made by a plow |
| Escarpment | a steep slope capped by a plateau |
| Bedouins | a migrating herder of southwest Asia |
| Securalism | indifference to religion |
| Animism | the belief that living things have spirits |
| Muslim | a person that follows the Islamic belief |
| Geography | the sudy of the Earth and the people that live on it |
| Peninsula | a land form surrounded by water on 3 sides |
| Mosque | an Islamic place of worship |
| Minaret | the tower of a mosque |
| Theocracy | a country ruled by religious belief |
| Bioshpere | the parts of Earth in which all of the plants and animals exist |
| Atmosphere | the layer of gasses that surround our Earth |
| Hydroshere | makes up all of the Earth's water |
| Lithosphere | the land on Earth that makes up the continent and the ocean floor |
| Archipelago | a group of many islands |