Introduction to Geography Vocabulary

Question 1

The study of the earth and the way people live on it and use it.

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geography

Question 2

The warm area of the Earth located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.

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tropics

Question 3

The way in which wealth is made and distributed.

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economy

Question 4

The way of life of a group of people.

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culture

Question 5

How people, products, information, etc. move about the Earth.

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movement

Question 6

A flat (2 dimensional) representation of an area.

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map

Question 7

Parallel lines that circle the globe from east to west, measuring distance north and south of the equator.

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latitude

Question 8

The increasing connectedness of different parts of the world.

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globalization

Question 9

A way to describe your location using familiar landmarks (I live behind Darien Library).

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relative location

Question 10

Changing the usual shape or appearance (of a landform on a map).

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distort

Question 11

Where something is on the Earth.

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location

Question 12

How humans affect and adapt to the environment.

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human environment interaction

Question 13

Where you are on the Earth

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absolute location

Question 14

How a country organizes itself and how it works (operates)

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government

Question 15

How distance is represented on a map or globe.

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scale

Question 16

Half of the Earth

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hemisphere

Question 17

The line of longitude at 0°. When looking at a map, everything to the right is in the Eastern Hemisphere

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prime meridean

Question 18

A scale model of the Earth

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globe

Question 19

An area noted as such because it shares similar characteristics.

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region

Question 20

The average weather in an area.

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climate

Question 21

To leave a country permanently.

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emigrate

Question 22

countryside

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rural

Question 23

A way of showing the round Earth on a flat map. All projections are distorted.

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projection

Question 24

What a place is like - physical and human characteristics (hot/cold, wet/dry, flat/hilly, shorts/burkha).

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place

Question 25

A map that uses color to show land forms or elevation

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physical map

Question 26

To enter (move to) a country permanently.

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immigrate

Question 27

Extremely little food in an area.

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famine

Question 28

A map that uses color to show borders and other things made by humans.

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political map

Question 29

Lines running north to south, from pole to pole, that measure the distance east and west of the Prime Meridian.

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longitude

Question 30

The line at 0° latitude. Separates the Northern from the Southern Hemisphere.

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equator

Question 31

The extreme northern and southern points on the Earth.

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poles

Question 32

City

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urban

Introduction to Geography Vocabulary

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Introduction to Geography Vocabulary

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