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SOL Review Key Terms
Tresky SOL Review Key Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| literacy rate | tells the percentage of people who can read and write |
| densely populated | the average number of people living there is very high |
| polar | map projection that is distorted around the edges; used by airline pilots |
| capital | the money and machines used to produce goods and services |
| imports | goods that are being brought INTO a country from another country |
| immigrant | a person who moves INTO a country |
| rural | the countryside |
| NATO | military alliance formed in 1949 for the common defense of Europe against the communist Soviet Union |
| absolute | a place's exact location on the globe (ex. latitude and longitude) |
| exports | goods that are moving OUT of a country |
| latitude | the distance a place is north or south of the Equator |
| life expectancy | the average age people live to be in a country |
| arable | land that can be farmed |
| commercial | the type of farming where crops and livestock are raised to sell in the market; modern techniques and equipment allow farmers to produce more food with less workers |
| birth rate | the number of babies born per 1000 people |
| urban | citylike; the growth of cities |
| death rate | the number of deaths each year per 1000 people |
| relative | where a place is located in relation to another place |
| Mercator | map projection that is distorted in the polar areas making Greenland larger than South America; used by sailors in ship navigation |
| emigrant | a person who leaves or EXITS a country to move somewhere else |
| earthquakes | occur along the plate boundaries; Japan experiences more of these than any other country in the world |
| renewable | resources that the environment continues to suppy or replace (soil, water, or sun) |
| longitude | the distance a place is east or west of the Prime Meridian |
| compass rose | the part of a map used to identify map orientation (direction) |
| Robinson | map projection that is most commonly used in educational materials (textbooks, maps) |
| sparsely populated | areas that have very few people living there |
| OPEC | this group's main goal is to control the production and price of oil |
| Prime Meridian | this imaginary lines passes through Greenwich, England; divides the earth into the easter and western hemispheres |
| subsistence | the type of farming where family members are growing just enough food for the family; basic tools used; animals and humans main source of labor |
| fossil fuelsq | coal, oil, natural gas |
| legend | explains the symbols used on a map |
| scale | the part of a map used to show the approximate distance between two places |
| equator | the imaginary line that divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres |
| human resources | skilled laborers or workers |
| NAFTA | created a free trade zone between the US, Canada, and Mexico by eliminating tariffs on goods |
| EU | an economic and political group formed to allow free movement of people, goods, and services between member countries |
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