Geography Exam Vocab
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- wattle
- strong, interwoven framework used for building
- prevailing winds
- global winds that blow in a fairly constant pattern
- jai alai
- face paced handball game with ball and stick attached to wrist in Latin America
- artesian wells
- wells from which pressurized water flows to the surface
- maquiladoras
- factories in Latin America established by America and Japan
- bedouins
- desert nomads (N Africa, MidEast, Central Asia)
- qanats
- underground canals (N Africa, MidEast, Central Asia)
- mosque
- Muslim place of worship
- rift valley
- large crack in Earth's crust formed by shifting tectonic plates
- manuka
- small shrub in New Zealand
- campesinos
- rural farmers/workers in Latin America in Latin America
- leach
- to carry away and dissolve
- El Nino
- periodic change in pattern of ocean currents in Mid-Pacific region
- polders
- land reclaimed from sea In Europe
- Coriolis Effect
- Earth rotates east; winds displaced clockwise in N hem; winds displaced counterclckws in S hem
- ziggurats
- mud-brick temples shaped like pyramids built by Sumerians (N Africa, MidEast, Central Asia)
- wadis
- stream beds that remain dry until a heavy rain
- syncretism
- blending of religions' practices/beliefs to form a single faith
- Trop of Capricorn
- 23.5 South
- Trop of Cancer
- 23.5 North
- harmattan
- northeast tradewind
- chaparral
- bushes/short trees
- patois
- dialects that blend indigenous, European, African, and Asian in Latin America
- alluvial soil
- rich soil made up of sand and mud deposited by moving water
- faults
- fractures in Earth's crust
- cuneiform
- wedge-shaped symbols written on wet clay tablets that were baked to harden
- escarpment
- steep, jagged slopes/cliffs
- cataracts
- towering waterfalls
- minifundia
- small plots of land farmed by substinence farmers in Latin America
- equinox
- equal night
- embargo
- restriction on trade
- kums
- desert (N Africa, MidEast, Central Asia)
- lichens
- tiny sturdy plants
- hajj
- pilgrimage to Makkah in Saudi Arabia
- solstice
- marks beginning of summer in northern hemisphere
- glaciation
- glaciers formed/spread over peninsula in Europe
- foehns
- dry winds in Europe
- strine
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- latifundia
- large agricultural estates owned by wealthy families/corporations in Latin America
- sustainable development
- technological/economical growth that doesnt deplete human/natural resources of area