| A | B |
| atlas | a book full of maps of the world |
| gazetteer | an encyclopdia of different places |
| glosary | a small dictonay in the back of a book |
| index | a section to look for chapters in a book |
| physical map | shows features of specfic places |
| political map | shows places inside of cities |
| large scal map | a map w/ a large scal |
| small scal map | a map w/ a small scal |
| day | 24 hours |
| month | up to 31 days in a month 12 in a year |
| year | 365 days 52 weeks |
| autumn | 3rd season in the year |
| summer | 2nd season in the year |
| prime meridian | invisable line divides east and west |
| internatonal date line | invisabel line at 180* |
| north pole | tip top of the world |
| tropic of cancer | invisiable lattitude line |
| south pole | very bottum of the earth |
| parallels of latitude | invisable lines going east to west |
| meridians of longtitude | invisable lines going north to south |
| absolute location | the exact location |
| relative location | close to absoulute location |
| compass | a way to tell what direction your going |
| key | tells what syombals mean |
| ring of fire | whre most volcanic erouptions take place |
| climate | the avarage temp. through the year |
| tempuature | how hot or cold it is |
| rural | a quite area w/ no cities |
| culture | language religous beliefs values |
| thechnology | tool skills people need to use them |
| nuclear | family that includes parents |
| renewable rescoure | a source that can be reused |
| non renewable recources | a sourece that can't be reused |
| recycleable resource | a source that can be recycled |
| latin america | caribbaen islands mexico central america south america |
| hawaii made by | volocanos |
| coral | a plant in the water |
| hydorelectricty | electricty made by water |
| indingenous | comes from native land |
| pampas | a grassy land in argintina |
| plateau | a large raised area of mostly levle land |
| matriachol | mother incharge of family |
| patriattol | father incharge of family |
| curtural exchange | sharing differences |
| ethnic group | a group people who share religion |
| agribusiness | is the business surrounding needs and final sale |
| cultural diversty | many cultures living together |
| miauiladoras | a us business in mexico |
| mestizo | a person of mixed spanish and native american ancestry |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land |
| tributary | a river or stream that tributs to a big ocean |
| hieroglphics | a system of writing |
| aquaduct | a pipe or channel used to caryy water fom a distant source to dry areas |
| mural | painting on a wall |
| pesticide | a chemical used to kill inscets |
| conquostador | spanish people that ruled latin america |
| divertisacation | varity |
| elnino | a warm ocean current that changes weather |
| raw material | natural state |
| manufacturing | changes raw materials into something else |
| finshed product | ready to sell |
| reggae | music |
| tenant farmer | works for landowner and pays him w/ cash or protion of crop |
| Tenochtilion | a big city |
| megacity | big city |