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- irrigation
- Process of supplying water to the land for growing crops
- capital
- a city where the government of a state or nation is located
- longitude
- the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian (angular measurement in -180 to 0 to 180 degrees), an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator
- earthquake
- a shaking or sliding of the ground. It is caused by the sudden movement of masses of rock along a fault or by changes in the size and shape of masses of rock far beneath the earth's surface.
- equator
- imaginary line that runs around the earth halfway between the North and South Poles; used as the starting point to measure degrees of north and south latitude
- landform
- feature of Earth's surface (examples: mountains, valley, hill, plain, mesa)
- colonization
- system of settling new lands that remain under the government of their native land
- cardinal direction
- Are the four main points of the compass: North, South, East, West.
- agriculture
- (n.) farming (It was a huge step in the progress of civilization when tribes left hunting and gathering and began to develop more sustainable methods of obtaining food, such as agriculture.)
- erosion
- condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind
- culture
- The way of life of a group of people, including clothing, food, beliefs, language, and customs
- boundary
- A limit or boder of an area or region
- drought
- (n.) a long time without rain; a prolonged shortage
- map projection
- Refers to the methoda cartographer uses to transfer all the information from the round earth onto flat paper. All map projections produces distortions with regards to shape, oriention, and/ or relative area.
- continent
- one of the seven large landmasses on the earth
- artifacts
- objects made and used by the early humans, Objects made by humans a long time ago
- fertile soil
- earth which is good for growing plants
- latitude
- the location of a place on Earth north or south of the equator (angular measurement in 0 - 90 degrees)
- harbor
- a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safetly
- legend
- A table on a map, chart, or the like, listing and explaining the symbols used.