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| geography | the study of the Earth and the relationship of people and their environment |
latitude,  | imaginary east-west circles around the globe that run parallel measuring distance north and south of the Equator in degrees |
| longitude | also known as meridians; imaginary lines that run north and south from pole to pole used to measure distance east and west of the Prime Meridian in degrees |
| Equator | imaginary line that circles the globe separating the Earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres |
| Prime Meridian | imaginary line of longitude 0degrees, that runs through Greenwich, Eng, used as a reference point from which east and west lines of longitude are measured |
| vegetation | the plants growing naturally in an area |
| climate | weather patterns of an area over a long period of time |
| population density | the average number of people living in a square mile |
| population distribution | how population is spread over an area |
| demographer | one who studies human populations and their effect on the environment |
| birthrate | the number of live births ea. year per 1000 people |
| death rate | the average number of deaths per year per 1000 people |
| life expectancy | the average number of years that a person is expected to live |
| migration | the movement of people from one country to another |
| immigrant | a person who moves from one country to another |
| rural | an area w/ a low population density usually in the countryside or in villages |
| urban | an area w/ a high population density like a city or a town |
| Push-Pull Theory | says that people migrate due to certain things in their lives and are attracted to other areas for certain reasons |
| Green Revolution | changes in agriculture due to increased technology in how crops are grown which had lead to higher food supply |
| population | the number of people in a place |
| Location (5 Themes) | Relative and Absolute; where someplace is! ex: 30 N 70 W Longitude |
| Place (5 Themes) | a location's physical and human features ex: between Mt.Pleasant in Alma; flat, farmland,... |
| Human-Environment Interaction (5 Themes) | how people affect their environment ex: cut trails into a mountain side |
| Movement (5 Themes) | how people, goods, and ideas get from 1 place to another ex: when immigrants came to America they brought their traditional foods |
| Regions (5 Themes) | an area with a unifying characteristic such as climate, land, population, or history ex: Great Plains or the Tropics |
