SOL REVIEW TERMS
Name ________________________________
1. geography-
2. hemisphere-
3. island-
4. continent-
5. atlas-
6. legend-
7. map
8. globe
9. scale-
10. orientation-
11. latitude-
12. longitude-
13. absolute location-
14. relative location-
15. parallel-
16. meridian-
17. Equator-
18. Prime Meridian-
19. Tropic of Cancer-
20. Tropic of Capricorn-
21. Arctic Circle-
22. Antarctic Circle -
23. GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
24. compass rose-
25. contours-
26. degrees-
27. thematic maps-
28. map projection-
29. Mercator-
30. Polar-
31. Robinson-
32. site-
33. situation-
34. climate
35. weather-
36. temperature-
37. precipitation-
38. low latitudes-
39. middle latitudes-
40. high latitudes-
41. dense-
42. sparse-
43. tropical wet-
44. rain forest-
45. tropical wet and dry-
46. savanna-
47. arid-
48. desert-
49. semiarid-
50. steppe-
51. sub arctic-
52. taiga-
53. tundra-
54. ice cap-
55. marine west coast-
56. Mediterranean-
57. monsoons—South and Southeast Asia
58. typhoons—Pacific Oceans
59. hurricanes—Atlantic Ocean
60. tornadoes—United States
61. earthquakes-
62. floods-
63. volcanoes-
64. erosion-
65. canals-
66. reservoirs-
67. irrigation-
68. delta-
69. oasis-
70. wadi-
71. subsistence farming-
72. slash and burn agriculture-
73. plantation agriculture-
74. cash crop-
75. food crop-
76. agricultural terracing-
77. polders-
78. deforestation-
79. desertification-
80. acid rain-
81. pollution-
82. continental divide-
83. Francophone world-
84. alliance-
85. European Union (EU)-
86. North American Free Trade Association-(NAFTA)
87. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)-
88. Organization of African Unity (OAU)-
89. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-
90. Organization of American States (OAS)-
91. League of Arab States-
92. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)-
93. Middle East-
94. Sun Belt-
95. Rust Belt-
96. Mosques-
97. Synagogues-
98. Temples-
99. Pagodas-
100. Chalets-
101. Yurt-
102. Nomadic-
103. Arab world—Arabic-
104. Hispanic America—Spanish-
105. Brazil—Portuguese-
106. Canada—French/English-
107. Switzerland—Multiple languages-
108. English—World language-
109. Hinduism-
110. Buddhism-
111. Judaism-
112. Christianity-
113. Islam-
114. Shinto-
115. Confucianism-
116. Colonization-
117. Imperialism-
118. Nationalism-
119. Bilingual-
120. Literacy rate-
121. Infant mortality-
122. Life expectancy-
123. Demographic
124. Caste-
125. Newly industrialized country-
126. Democracy-
127. Command economy-
128. Communism-
129. urban-
130. rural-
131. GDP-
132. push factors-
133. pull factors-
134. diffusion-
135. natural resources-
136. renewable resources-
137. nonrenewable resources-
138. human resources-
139. capital resources-
140. primary-
141. __secondary
142. __tertiary
143. __infrastructure
144. landlocked countries-
145. comparative advantage-
146. Commonwealth of Nations-
147. United Nations-
148. Red Cross/Red Crescent-
149. Peace Corps-
150. Multinational company-
151. chernozem-
152. fjord-
153. suq-