Level 6 Geography - Block 2
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- people who buy and use many types of products
- consumers
- the difference in the elevation or height of the land
- relief
- a part of the earth that has one or more common characteristics
- region
- an almost flat area with little diference in elevation between the high parts and the low parts
- plain
- scientists who study the weather
- meteorologists
- areas of moderate relief rangin between 300 and 1000 feet
- hills
- people who are responsible for locating ships and planes
- navigators
- a plain that has been raised up by pressures inside the earth so it stands high above the areas around it; often has canyons
- plateau
- rainwater which collects in underground rocks
- ground water
- a landform having high relief
- mountain
- the forms or shapes of the earth
- landforms
- What are the four major landform regions?
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plains
plateaus
hills
mountains - the knowledge and skill people use to make things
- technology
- the longest mountain range in the world
- Andes in South America
- a person who fights against a government
- guerilla
- large wide rivers of ice that slowly flow down the sides of a mountain, carving the mountain into a sharp, pointed peak
- glacier
- a tunnel system that allows ground water to flow underground until it reaches a flat area with fertile soil
- qanat
- the highest mountain in the world
- Mt Everest
- a narrow water way that connects two larger bodies of water
- strait
- the latitude and longitude of a place
- absolute location
- the watering of plants by pipes, canals,or ditches
- irrigation
- a journey made for religious reasons
- hajj or pilgrimage
- a complex system that moves things from one place to another
- movement
- the second largest branch of the Islamic religion
- shiite
- place where water is stored
- reservoirs
- Islam's holy book which contains the writings of Muhammad
- Koran
- Why is the Middle east important to the Unoted States?
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More than 1/2 of the world's known oil reserves are here.
Africa, Asia, & Europe meet here. By way of the Suez Canal, ships can cross from the Mediterrean sea to the Red Sea and eastward.It is also the birthplace of the world's religions. - a 250,000 square mile area which is unpopulated because it is a desolate, barren region with mountains of sand that reach over 900 feet
- Empty Quarter
- finding the location of a place by telling how far and in what direction it is from somewhere else
- relative location
- a group of nomadic people who live in a sparsely populated area east of the Jordan River
- Bedouins
- looking at the rest of the world and making judgements about it based only on your own cultural background and experience
- ethnocentrism
- the belief in only one god
- monotheism
- to bring something into one country from another
- export
- a person who has a strong committment to the creation of an independent Palestinian state
- palestinian
- a strip of land projecting into the water
- peninsula
- Why has Israel had so many wars with its neighbors?
- The land of Israel is claimed by two peoples, Israelis & Palestinians. Neighboring Arab countries believe that the Jews have no right to a homeland in the Middle East.
- a nation ruled according to religious laws instead of laws passed by the people
- theocracy
- a place in the desert that has enough water for plants and trees to grow
- oasis
- the largest branch of the islam religion
- Sunnites
- What are the major landforms of the three regions that make up the Middle East?
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The Highlands
Arabian Peninsula
Fertile Crescent - a 1,000 mile long strip of fertile land shaped like a crescent
- Fertile Crescent