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Geography Flash Cards 6th grade Social Studies

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Push-Pull TheoryPeople migrate because certain things "push" them away. Better living conditions "pull" people to a country
Immigrant/ImmigrationPeople who leave one country for another one.
Movement (5 Themes of Geography)Explains how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another.
Place (5 Themes of Georgraphy)A location's physical (climate or landforms) and human features (population or jobs)
Region (5 Themes of Geography)Unifying characteristics such as climate, land, population, history. May cover several countries/states such as the Sahara Desert or Gulf Coast
Human/Environment Interaction (5 Themes of Geography)How people affect their environment and how the environment affects the people.
Location-Absolute Location (5 Themes of Geography)Exact location of a place (latitude and longitude)
Location-Relative Location (5 Themes of Geography)Location of a place in relation to another place (Ex. Irving is east of Dallas)
Tropic ZoneArea between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn. The equator is in the middle. Tropical climate is almost always hot.
Temperate ZoneAreas north and south of the tropic zone to the Arctic and Antarctic Circles. Temperate zones have spring, summer, fall, and winter seasons.
ClimateAverage weather of a place over many years. Climate includes temperature and precipatation.
GeographyThe study of the Earth.



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