W Geog, Ch1
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- plain
- a low-lying, usually flat area
- geography
- the study of the planet Earth and its people
- longitude
- how far east or west a place is from the Prime Meridian
- relative location
- a place described in relationship to another place
- industry
- a business that makes or puts together things to sell
- location
- the place on Earth where something is
- Equator
- an imaginary line that goes around the middle of Earth; it lies halfway between the North and the South Poles
- culture
- the languages, religions, customs, art, and dress of a people
- continent
- one of the seven large areas of land on Earth
- region
- an area on the Earth's surface that geographers define by certain similar characteristics
- basin
- a low area of land surrounded by higher land, often mountains
- political
- having to do with government
- glacier
- a large, slow-moving sheet of ice
- economy
- a system of building, using, and distributing wealth and resources
- delta
- an area of rich land at the mouth of a river; new land formed by soil carried downstream by a river or smaller stream
- resource
- a thing of value, often found in nature, that we can use to do or make something
- desert
- a dry area in which few or no people live
- physical geography
- the study of Earth itself; the study of the land, water, air, plants, and animals of the natural world
- latitude
- how far north or south of the Equator a place is
- absolute location
- the exact spot or area of a place
- Prime Meridian
- a fixed point that is zero degrees longitude and runs through Greenwich, England
- place
- the physical and human features that make an area special
- river system
- a group of rivers that are joined together
- physical environment
- the natural world in chich a person lives
- Christian
- a person who accepts the teachings of Jesus
- movement
- how people, ideas, and products move between places
- windward
- the side from which the wind is blowing
- interaction
- how pople settle, use, live on, and change the land
- highland climate
- the varying climate of a mountainous area
- human geography
- the study of how people live on Earth
- metropolitan area
- a city and its suburbs
- Tropic of Cancer
- an imaginary line that lies 23.5 degrees north of the Equator
- renewable resource
- a resource that can be used but then replanted or replaced
- climate
- the average of weather conditions over a period of time
- service industry
- a business that provides a service
- natural resource
- a raw material from nature
- Roman Catholic
- A Christian who accepts the pope as the head of the largest branch of Christianity
- humid continental climate
- a climate with long, cold winters and hot, wet summers; a climate with four different seasons
- tropics
- the area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
- pollute
- to make something dirty, impure, or unhealthy
- megalopolis
- a vast city made up of many cities, one right next to another
- multiculturalism
- a blend of many cultures
- rural
- an area away from the city, such as a farm community
- Rustbelt
- industrial states that are growing slowly or losing population
- humid
- very moist
- steppe climate
- a climate with very hot summers and very cold winters, with little precipitation
- Protestant
- a Christian who does not belong to the Roman Catholic branch of Christianity
- weather
- the condition of the air at a given time and place
- assembly line
- a group of workers who put parts together to make a product quickly
- Judaism
- the religion of Jews that teaches belief in one God as the creator of the universe
- import
- a product from another country sent into one's own country
- pulp
- a wood product used in the making of paper
- cultural diffusion
- the borrowing of language, customs, and religion among cultures
- urban
- having to do with a city
- export
- a product from one's own country sent to another country
- trend
- a way in which something is headed
- precipitation
- how much rain, snow, or sleet falls from the sky
- tributary
- a smaller river that flows into a larger one
- leeward
- the side away from the wind
- Tropic of Capricorn
- an imaginary line that lies 23.5 degrees south of the Equator
- sea level
- the level at the surface of the ocean
- immigrant
- a person who leaves one country and goes to live in another country
- suburb
- an area next to a city
- marine west coast climate
- a climate from Southeast Alaska to California that has mild, cloudy summers and wet winters
- hydroelectric
- power created by running water
- subtropical climate
- a climate with hot and humid summers and mild winters
- Mediterranean climate
- a climate like that of countries near the Mediterranean Sea; mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers
- Sunbelt
- the states of California, Arizona, Texas, and Florida
- recycle
- to make new products from old ones
- Christianity
- the religion of Christians