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| orientation | another word for direction |
| distortion | inaccuracies that appear on flat maps because they are depiciting a curved surface |
| map projection | away of depicting the earth's curved surface on a flat surface that minimizes the effects of distortion |
| political features | man made features on a map such as countries, cities, states |
| physical features | natural features on a map such as mountains, rivers, lakes, etc. |
| weather | the conditions of the atmosphere at a given time |
| climate | the average or expected weather conditions of place over a given period of time |
| temperature | the amount of heat in the atmosphere |
| precipitation | any form of moisture that fall from the sky: rain, snow, sleet, hail |
| seasons | a division of the year marked by charges in temperature of precipitation |
| region | a part of the world that has some common characteristics throughout and is different from the area surrounding it |
| taiga | vegetation type that consists of coniferous forests found in the subartic climate |
| arid | another word for dry climate. Desert restation is found in arid climates |
| ethnicity | identity based on common ancestors and shared cultural traits such as religion or language |
| Francophone world | the areas around the world where French is spoken as in Haiti and Quebec |
| Arable | land that is suitable for farming |
| refugee | a person forced from their home by war, famine, or natural disaster |
| hygiene | using cleaning and sanitation practices to maintain good health |
| migration | the movement of one place to another |
| industrialization | movement from an agricultural society to a manufacturing one that relies on machines and factories to produce goods |
| capital resources | those resources that can be used in the production of other things |
| diffusion | the spread of culture traits from one place to another |
| push factors | conditions that cause people to leave their home countries and move to another country |
| pull factors | conditions that cause people to move to a particular place |
| fossil fuel | fuels formed in the ground from the remains of dead plants and animals. They included coal, oil, natural gas |
| infrastructure | the basic services and facilities needed for development such as roads and electricity |
| economic development | measure of a country's progress in increasing jobs, income, education, health care |
| standard of living | how well the members of a particular group live |
| quality of life | a measure of the level of satisfaction with the way a person lives |
| comparative advanatage | when a country benefits by specializing in the production of those things it can produce at a lower oppurtunity of relative cost than its competitors |
| globalization | economic and cultural intergration and interdependace among countries |
| landlocked | a country that is surrounded by other countries and has no countries |
| gerrymandering | deliberately redrawing voting district boundaries to advantage or disadvantage a particular group |
| alliance | an organization of countries involved in a pact or treaty |
| nationalism | feeling of pride in one's country. idea that we should be able to rule ourselves |
| multinational corporation | corporation that does business in more than one country |
| fall line | area where the piedmont meets the coastal plan, characterized by rapids and waterfalls |
| oasis | a fertile spot in the desert where water can be found |
| confluence | the place where two or more rivers come together |
