Geo and World Affairs
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- Geography
- study of people, their environments, and their resources
- Location
- position of a place on the Earth's surface
- Latitude
- distance north or south of the Equator
- Longitude
- distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
- Export
- goods sent to markets outside a country
- Import
- goods brought into a country
- Interdependence
- mutal dependance of countries on goods, resources, and knowledge from other parts of the world
- Map Projection
- way of showing the curved Earth on a flat surface
- Topography
- physical features of a place or region
- Vegetation
- plant life of a place or region
- Mountian
- high, rugged land that rises above the other land
- Elevation
- eight above sea level
- Hill
- area of faised land thatis lower and less steep than a mountain
- Plain
- large area of level or gently rolling land
- Plateau
- large area of high flat, or gently rolling land
- Climate
- average weather of a place over a period of 20-30 years
- Culture
- all the things that make up a people's entire way of life
- Technology
- skills and tools a people use
- Diffusion
- movement of customs or ideas from one place to another
- Subculture
- group of people within a society who have their own seperate beliefs, values, and customs