Geo Definitions Test
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| A. 1) Similar fossils have been found in SA and Africa
2) SA and Africa look like they once fit together
3) The Appalachian and Caledonia mountain ranges are similar in age and pattern
4) Glaciation in SA an Africa where there shouldn't beB. - a country with a highly developed economy
- the citizens have high incomes, abundant food, good housing, and can afford many luxuries
- often called first world countriesC. - a surface of Earth composed of BAMMD. - a product or service that people buy from time to time
- clothing, shoes, office supplies
- larger threshold pop then low order goods and servicesE. - a rate that shows the difference of new immigrants and emigrants to a country
- Immigration Rate - Emigration RateF. - 1/3 of developed land in an urban area
- made up of three parts: vehicles, travel paths, and terminal facilitiesG. - a graph that shows the percent of the population in an age group and sexH. - a combination of temperature, precipitation, cloud cover, and winds that we experience dailyI. - occurs outside of cities
-it is characterized by a low pop. density and a dispersed pattern
- Three factors affect it: Types of Resources in the area, Transportation methods available, and Government policyJ. - laws usually passed by city government, controlling the kind and amount of development in an areaK. -the movement of people from rural to urban areas
- the trend of the last century
Reasons: jobs, mechanization of farms, educationL. - a direction on a compass, such as North or South
N,S,E, and W are cardinal points, then it goes to the ordinal points (NE, SE) and then to the NNE and ESE, etcM. - precipitation crated when an air mass rises to cross a mountain barrier an loses some precipitation to get over
- Causes a rain shadow on the leeward side of the mountainN. - immigrants that are skilled workers and business immigrants
- acceptance is based on a point systemO. - the relocation of individuals from one province to anotherP. - when someone comes into a new country
- there are 3 types of immigrants: Ecological, Family, and RefugeeQ. - a process where water carries minerals upward through the soil(dry).
- The water evaporates and leaves the minerals behind(topsoil is calcified)R. - Different types of technology that is used to find out more about the earth
- has revolutionized the field of geography
- include remote sensing, GPS, and GISS. - permanently frozen ground that doesn't thaw in the summerT. - the US/Canada border acted as a baseline
- land was divided into 9.6km x 9.6km
-each section was divided into quarters
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