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Chapter 1 Flash Cards UPDATED

Study these terms for a test that will be Friday September 26.

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This lists and explains the symbols and colors used on a map.legend,
This compares a unit of length on a map and a unit of distance on Earth.scale
This shows you north, south, east, and west on a map.compass rose,
This term means half of the globe.hemisphere
This is the type of map that shows landforms and bodies of water.physical map
This is the type of map that shows features humans have created on Earth.political map
The type of government in which the people can make laws.democracy
The beliefs, customs, laws, and art that a group of people share.culture
This tells you the subject of the map.title
Name the seven continents of the world.Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica
the five themes of geographylocation, place, region, movement, and human-environment interaction
the exact spot on Earth where a place can be foundabsolute location,
lines that run east and west around a globe and parallel to the equatorlatitude,
lines that run north and south on a globe and show distance east or west of the prime meridianlongitude,
zero degrees latitudethe equator,
zero degrees longitudethe prime meridian,
the location of one place in relation to other placesrelative location
"Canada is north of the United States"- That is an example of what type of location?relative location
"Melbourne, Australia is 38 degrees south latitude, 145 degrees east longitude" - That is an example of which type of location?absolute location
the two types of features that places havephysical features and human features
these features include climate, landforms, bodies of water, and plant and animal lifephysical features
these features include cities, towns, governments, and traditionshuman features
the weather conditions of a regionclimate
a group of places that have at least one feature in commonregion
A natural region that is very cold, covered in ice all year, and has no plant life.the Arctic,
a natural region that is hot all year with very little rain and few plantsdesert
a natural region that has wet and dry seasons with tall grasses and some treestropical grassland
to move from one area to anothermigrate,
to move to a new countryimmigrate
problems in one place that cause people to leavepush factors
advantages in one place that attract people to move therepull factors
this theme happens because humans depend on, adapt to, and change the world around themhuman-environment interaction
a government where the leaders must follow the same rules as the peoplea limited government
a government where the leaders do not have to follow the rules the people followan unlimited government


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