| A | B |
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| Spinning motion of the earth on its axis as it travels through space | Rotation |
| Provinces known for "grains and trains" | Prairie |
| Two times a year when sun appears directly overhead either of Tropics at noon | Solstice |
| Farmland owned collectively by members of a rural community | Ejidos |
| Imaginary lines running north and south between the poles | Longitude |
| Weather patterns in a region over a long period of time | Climate |
| Wind-blown, small particles of mineral-rich dust and silt | Loess |
| Quebec's main culture | French |
| System of government where one person or a small group hold all power and often use terror to rule its people | Dictatorship |
| Region of the US known for its varied landscape | West |
| Trees bearing their seeds in cones; able to survive cold, long winters | Coniferous |
| Either of the two times each year when the sun appears overhead the Equator at noon | Equinox |
| A multilayered band of gases, water vapor, and dust above the earth | Atmosphere |
| A large commercial farm owned by an individual or farming company | Latifundios |
| System of government where the people choose their leaders and determine government policy based on the will of the majority | Democracy |
| Region known as the "breadbasket" of the US | Midwest |
| One complete orbit of the earth around the sun | Revolution |
| System of government controlling every part of society | Totalitarianism |
| Trees shedding their leaves in one season | Deciduous |
| Spanish-owned estate run as a farm or cattle ranch | Hacienda |
| A system of authoritarian government headed by a king or queen who usually inherits his/her position | Monarchy |
| Factories along the Mexican/US border that employ cheap labor to produce goods for US consumers | Mauiladoras |
| 5 themes of Geography | Human-Environment interaction, Location, Movement, Place, Regions |
| Measured North and South between poles (left to right) | Latitude |
| Range of degrees of Latitude | 0-90 degrees |
| Longitude type of circles | Half circles |
| Latitude type of circles | Circles |
| Latitude lines parallel or not | Parallel |
| Longitude lines parallel or not | Not Parallel |
| What does the prime meridian run through | Greenwich, England |
| 23 1/2 degrees North | Tropic of Cancer |
| 23 1/2 degrees South | Tropic of Capricorn |
| Winter Solstice Date | December 21 |
| Summer Solstice Date | June 21 |
| Vernal Equinox Date | March 21 |
| Autumnal Equinox Date | September 21 |
| Longest day of the year | Summer Sostice |
| Shortest day of the year | Winter Solstice |
| Place of sun during the Summer Solstice | Over Tropic of Cancer |
| Place of sun during the Winter Solstice | Over Tropic of Capricorn |
| Lines measured East and West of the Prime Meridian | Longitude |
| 3 types of percipitation | Convectional, Orographic and Frontal |
| The most common type of percipitation | Frontal |
| The type of percipitation of the Tropics | Convectional |
| The type of percipitation having to do with Leeward and Windward | Orographic |
| The direction the wind blows North of the Equator using the Coriolis Effect | Right |
| The direction wind deflects South of the Equator using the Coriolis Effect | Left |
| 4 Elements of Air Pressure | 1) Warm air rises, cold air sinks 2) Rising air, low pressure and sinking air has high pressure 3) Air moves from High Pressure to Low Pressure 4) To precipitate most have rising air |
| Northern Latitude Circle | Arctic Circle |
| Southen Latitude Circle | Antarctic Circle |
| Convection | Circular movement of Heat underneath the Earth's Crust |
| 4 Vegetation Regions | Forest Regions, Grasslands, Desert Vegetation, Tundra |
| American Government | Democracy |
| American Economy | Capalist |
| American secondary government | Federalist |
| Mid-West | Bread Basket |
| North-West | Distinct feature fish and wood |
| North-East | Trash, Megalopolis, harbors and ports |
| South | Swamp, Bayou, Rice, Cotton, Tobacco, Big Shift is big companies |
| Canada # of provinces and territories | 10 provinces, and 2 territories |
| Canadian Atlantic Provinces | Sea therefore Fishing |
| Canadian Quebec Provinces | Great Lakes, St. Lawrence River |
| Canadian Prairie Provinces | Grains, Trains, Cattle |
| British Columbia Provinces | Mountains |
| Northern Territory Provinces | Lots of good stuff but we can't get to it bacause tundra would be ruined |
| Inuit | "The People" |
| Mexican Northern Pacific Plain | Hot, Dry, Irrigation, Best farming |
| Mexican Southern Pacific Plain | Tourism Beaches |
| Mexican Gulf Coastal Plain | Oil and petroleum |
| Yucatan Peninsula | Tourism, Mayan Ruins |
| Shifting Plates Reason | Convection |
