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| A piece of land with water on 3 sides. | peninsula
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| Water covers what percent of the earths surface? | 70%
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| Severe lack of rainfall. | drought
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| As elevation gets higher; temperature gets.... | colder
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| land covers about what percent of the earths surface? | 30%
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| Can be replaced or used again. | renewable resources
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| The hight above sea level. | elevation
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| Northern and Southern hemispheres have ________ seasons. | opposite
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| The shortest day of the year occurs in what season? | winter
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| Valleys, mountains, and plains are examples of what? | landforms
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| What is the largest ocean? | Pacific Ocean
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| What climates are hot? | tropical
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| Hottest temperatures on earth are found at what latitude line? | 0 degress (equator)
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| What basin has the largest rain forest in the world? | Amazon River
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| Coal and oil are examples of ........ | fossil fuels
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| Widespread; cutting of forest. | deforestation
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| The earth's land, water, plants, and animals. | Physical Geography
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| The study of people and their culture. | Human Geography
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| Experts on geography that study earth and it's people. | Geographers
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| Three uses of geography. | Map making, planning, and managing resourses.
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| An area that shares common characteristics. | regions
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| Individual features of the land. | landform
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| Satellites used to locate exact places. | GPS (Global Positioning System)
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| Special software that helps geographers gather/use information on a place. | GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
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| Natural surroundings. | environment
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| There are ____ themes in geography. | 5 themes
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| A round model of Earth. | globe
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| The earth has ____ hemispheres. | 4 hemispheres
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| Latitude lines are ________________ lines that run ___ to ____ | parallel/imaginary lines that run East to West
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| Longitude lines are _______________ lines that run ___ to ___ | mermidinas/imaginary lines that run North to South
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| having exact location | absolute location
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| What does a map contain? | A map key, scale bar, compass rose, and a title.
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| Two examples of a general purpose map are.... | political and physical
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| Two examples of a special purpose map are.... | climate and natural resources
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| A way of summarizing and presenting information visually. | graphs
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| graphic way of presenting information clearly. | charts
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| graph in which small symbols represent quantites | pictograph
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| bar/line graph that gives information about temperature and precipitation (rainfall) | climograph
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| In a market economy ________ make the decisions about what to produce, but in a command economy, the _________ does. | peolpe ; government
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| geographers divide the world into _______ regions. | culture
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| people express their culture thourgh the _____. | arts
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| What allows people to communicate? | language
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| People who share a common culture, language, or history. | ethnic group
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| ________ helps people answer questions about lifes meaning. | religion
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| Individual who takes control of a government (rules with absolute athority) | dictator
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| a market economy is based upon _____ ________. | free enterprize
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| civilizations are highly developed ________. | cultures
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| ________ is a local form of language. | dialect
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| A way of life of group of people who share similar beliefs and customs. | culture
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| An economic system sets forth rules on how goods and services are produced and ________. | sold (exchanged)
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| culture diffusion is the process of spreading __________ to other cultures. | ideas (new knowledge)
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| What is the largest continent? | Asia
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| What is the highest mountain? | Mt. Everest
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| What is the largest lake? | Caspian Sea
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| What is the longest river? | Nile
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| What is the largest freshwater lake? | Superiour
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| What is the smallest continent? | Australia
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| What is Millville's absolute location? | 39.9 degress North and 75 degress West
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| Millville's relative location is ________ of Pennsylvania. | South East
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