Geography 1-8

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  1. 2. A three-dimensional solid figure which is round in shape, example: ball and globe are in this shape.
  2. 3. A level area of land which is higher than the surrounding area, also called a plateau.
  3. 7. A path or opening through hills or mountains suitable for travel.
  4. 13. A very large mass of land surrounded by oceans.
  5. 14. When the sun is closest to one of the poles.
  6. 16. Tropic of ________- The imaginary line that marks the northern edge of the tropics.
  7. 17. The study of the world, how it works, and how people use and change the world as they live in it.
  8. 18. A point of land that extends into a sea or an ocean.
  9. 20. A narrow piece of land that extends out from the mainland and is surrounded by water on three sides.
  10. 23. A narrow strip connecting two larger land areas.
  11. 25. A Dry region, with fewer than 10 inches of rain annually.
  12. 27. A flat-topped mountain or hill; smaller than a plateau, but larger than a butte.
  13. 28. A political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and where everyone shares equally in work and in wealth, aiming for a classless society with equal distribution of resources.
  14. 29. A name for various air movements involving spiral motion, including typhoons, hurricanes, and tornados. Also, the common name for a hurricane-type storm on the Indian Ocean.
  15. 31. _________Rate- The number of babies born alive as a proportion of the population in a specific place in a specific amount of time.
  16. 32. Continental _________- The level edge of a continent which is submerged in the shallow water of the bordering sea.
  17. 34. A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake.
  18. 35. Imaginary horizontal lines on a globe, also known as Parallels. They measure the distance north or south of the equator in degrees.
  19. 36. _____________ water- Water in which the salinity is between that of fresh and marine water, and these are often transitional area where such waters mix. An estuary, is the best example of brackish water.
  20. 39. A man-made channel of water used for transportation, irrigation and other human uses.
  21. 40. An area of land shaped like a triangle where a river deposits mud, sand, or pebbles as it enters the sea.
  22. 42. Seasonal reversal in wind direction that brings heavy rainfall in parts of southern Asia.
  23. 46. Continental _________- The movement of the continents on the earth’s surface.
  24. 47. The bright star almost directly above the North Pole. It is the brightest star in the constellation Ursa Minor. Sailors learned early on how to figure out their latitude with great precision using an astrolabe and Polaris.
  25. 48. Dead __________- The process of calculating one’s position, especially at sea, by estimating the direction and distance traveled rather than by using landmarks. It used the mathematical concept that distance equals rate times time (d=rt).
  26. 49. The study of everything in the universe beyond earth’s atmosphere.
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  1. 1. Natural _________- Naturally occurring materials such as forests, water, minerals, or coal, that can be used for economics gain.
  2. 4. A flat-topped hill formed when hard rock on the surface protects softer soil underneath it from being eroded. A butte is often steep-sided. Smaller than a mesa and plateau.
  3. 5. _________Forest- Forest in tropical climates with dense canopies, vines, and understories of growth.
  4. 6. The line at which the earth’s surface and sky appear to meet.
  5. 8. Using the land to grow crops and raise animals; farming.
  6. 9. A tropical grassland with few trees.
  7. 10. _________Range- A series of connecting mountains or mountain ridges.
  8. 11. A large flat section of elevated land, also called tableland or high plain. It is larger than a butte.
  9. 12. A Greek term meaning between two rivers.
  10. 15. The branch of mathematics that deals with shapes, angles, dimensions and size of a variety of things we see in everyday life.
  11. 19. A section of whole body of saltwater which covers more than 70% of the earth’s surface.
  12. 21. The imaginary line running through the Earth on which the Earth rotates.
  13. 22. An instrument used by early astronomers to measure angles and latitude
  14. 24. Solstice Longest day of the year
  15. 26. A spherical representation of the earth.
  16. 27. An area of low, very wet, and poorly drained grassland, similar to a swamp only smaller.
  17. 29. The behavior- language, beliefs, traditions, arts and crafts, political systems, and technologies, of a group of people.
  18. 30. Continental ________- A highland or ridge of mountains that causes rivers and streams to flow in different directions across continents, eventually reaching different oceans.
  19. 33. A line on a map or globe halfway between the north and south poles.
  20. 37. ____________Lines- Imaginary lines on the earth’s surface. They are a standard method of plotting a ship’s course on a chart. They are not the shortest distance between two points on a sphere.
  21. 38. Tropic of ________- The imaginary line that marks the southern edge of the tropics.
  22. 39. The science of drawing maps.
  23. 41. The lines running vertically around the Earth, also called meridians. They are not parallel. They measure how far east or west an object is.
  24. 43. ___________ Chart- Nautical charts, first made in the 13th century in the Mediterranean basin and later expanded to include other regions.
  25. 44. A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
  26. 45. When the sun is directly above the equator.