| A | B |
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| reforestation | process or replanting the trees of an area |
| meridian | another name for a line of longitude |
| pesicides | What do farmers spray on crops to kill insects? |
| petroleum | another name for oil |
| savanna | What is the term for a tropical or semitropical grassland |
| siberia | The vast Asian region of Russia, famous for its long cold winters |
| strait | what is a narrow channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water |
| bubonic | What kind of plague was the Black Death? |
| tariff | a tax placed on imported goods |
| aids | HIV causes what disease? |
| carbon dioxide | Gas responsible for rising temperatures |
| census | counting of the population every 10 years |
| climate | weather for a place for a long period of time |
| continental drift | theory that says the continents move around on giant plates |
| equinox | What occurs on March 21, equal hours of day and night |
| solstice | the two times a year when the sun is farthest from the equator |
| greenhouse effect | What is the name of the effect caused by The warming of the atmosphere by the trapping of longwave radiation being radiated to space |
| hydrosphere | What is the name for the water portion of the earth? |
| jerusalem | What is the capital of Israel? |
| megalopolis | What is the term for when several cities have grown together? |
| North Korea | Asian dictatorship that is very poor, but now has nuclear weapons |
| ozone | The layer that keeps out much harmful ultraviolet radiation |
| opec | organization of oil producing countries |
| push | factors that cause a person to leave for a new country |
| pull | Factors that draw a person to a new land |
| Roman | The empire of the caesars |
| projection | How they transfer the earth's round surface to a map. |
| Australia | the smallest continent |
| parallel | another name for a line of latitude |
| deforestation | cutting most of the trees in an area for farmland and timber |
