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1 AFRICA ANTARCTICA ASIA OCEANIA EUROPE N AMERICA S AMERICA ARCTIC ATLANTIC INDIAN PACIFIC SOUTHERN

2 What is an area like when you get there

3 The concept that people and ideas get around and influence a particular area because of it

4 What do the people do to the environment…what does the environment do to the people

5 What do locations have in common: religion, language, environment

6 Tells where an area is

7 THE STUDY OF WHERE PEOPLE, PLACES, ANIMALS, PLANTS AND THINGS ARE FOUND ON EARTH

8 THE EXACT POSITION ON THE EARTH N WHICH A PLACE CAN BE FOUND (AN ADDRESS)

9 THE POSITION OF A PLACE IN RELATION TO ANOTHER PLACE

10 The way geographers catagorize the study of geography

11 A HALF OF THE EARTH

12 AN IMAGINARY LINE THAT CIRCLES THE GLOBE AT ITS WIDEST POINT, SEPARATING THE WORLD INTO NORTH AND SOUTH HEMISPHERES

13 IMAGINARY LINES THAT CIRCLE THE EARTH PARALLEL TO THE EQUATOR

14 ANOTHER NAME FOR LATITUDE LINES

15 ANOTHER NAME FOR LONGITUDE LINES

16 A WAY OF SHOWING THE ROUND EARTH ON A FLAT PIECE OF PAPER

17 AN IMAGINARY LINE OF LONGITUDE THAT RUNS FROM THE NORTH POLE TO THE SOUTH OPOLE, DIVIDING THE WORLD INTO EAST AND WEST HEMISPHERES

18 IMAGINARY LINES THAT RUN NORTH AND SOUTH FROM ONE POLE TO ANOTHER. DIVIDES THE WORLD INTO EAST AND WEST SECTIONS

19 LINES THAT RUNS NORTH TO SOUTH AND EAST TO WEST; TAKEN TOGETHER, THEY HELP PIN-POINT LOCATION

20 A MAP MAKER

21 A DISTORTION WHICH OCCURS WHEN YOU TRY TO MAKE A ROUND SURFACE FLAT

22 MAPS WHICH SHOW PHYSICAL FEATURES SUCH AS MOUNTAINS, RIVERS AND LAKES

23 MAPS THAT SHOW POLITICAL FEATURES SUCH AS STATE AND NATIONAL BOUNDARIES AND CAPITAL CITIES

24 A COLLECTION OF MAPS PUT INTO ONE BOOK

25 GIVES RATIO BETWEEN DISTANCES ON THE MAP AND ACTUAL DISTANCES ON THE EARTH

26 A DIRECTIONAL INDICATOR THAT SHOWS WHERE DIRECTIONS LIE ON THE MAP

27 THE SEVEN LARGEST LAND MASSES THAT ARE FOUND ON THE EARTH

28 THE TYPE OF MEASUREMENT USED TO HELP PIN-POINT LOCATION ON MAPS AND GLOBES

29 TELLS THE USER ABOUT THE SYMBOLS USED ON THE MAP

30 THE FOUR LARGE BODIES OF SALT WATER THAT SURROUND THE EARTH

31 THE STUDY OF THE EARTH’S PHYSICAL STRUCTURE

32 CENTER OF THE EARTH

33 THICK LAYER OF ROCK AROUND THE CORE

34 THIN, ROCKY LAYER OF THE EARTH

35 THE IDEA THAT THE EARTH’S OUTER LAYER IS NOT ONE SOLID PIECE OF ROCK, BUT IT IS BROKEN INTO A NUMBER OF MOVING PLATES

36 THE THEORY THAT THE CONTINENTAL PLATES ARE MOVING APART FROM ONE ANOTHER

37 THE NAME GIVEN TO THE SUPERCONTINENT GEOLOGISTS BELIEVED ONCE EXISTED

38 THE CIRCLE OF VOLCANOES SURROUNDING THE PACIFIC OCEAN

39 A LARGE GROUP OF ISLANDS

40 A BODY OF WATER THAT EXTENDS INTO THE LAND

41 A ROCKY OR SANDY EDGE OF LAND ALONG A BODY OF WATER

42 AN ISOLATED HILL WITH SLOPING SIDES AND SMALL FLAT TOP

43 A DEEP VALLEY WITH STEEP SIDES

44 A POINT OF LAND THAT JUTS OUT INTO THE WATER

45 A HOLLOW AREA IN THE EARTH WITH AN OPENING TO THE OUTSIDE

46 A BODY OF WATER THAT CONNECTS TWO LARGER BODIES OF WATER

47 A HIGH STEEP FACE OF ROCK OR EARTH

48 AN INLAND BODY OF FRESH OR SALT WATER

49 A NARROW STRIP OF LAND THAT CONNECTS TWO LARGER LAND AREAS

50 AN AREA OF THICK, TANGLED PLANTS USUALLY FOUND NEAR A RIVER OR SWAMP

51 A SHALLOW BODY OF WATER THAT IS PARTLY CUT OFF FROM THE SEA

52 A low wet area with grasses, rushes and cat tails.

53 A RAISED AREA WITH STEEP SIDES AND A LARGE, FLAT TOP

54 AN AREA OF LAND THAT IS NEARLY SURROUNDED BY WATER

55 A LARGE, LOW AREA OF FLAT OR ROLLING LAND WITH FEW TREES

56 A A HIGH AREA OF LAND THAT IS HIGHER THAN THE LAND AROUND IT

57 A FLAT AREA OF LAND THAT IS HIGHER THAN THE LAND AROUND IT

58 A REGION OF FLAT OR HILLY LAND COVERED BY TALL GRASSES

59 A FAN SHAPED DEPOSIT OF SAND AND MUD AT THE MOUTH OF A RIVER

60 A LONG BODY OF WATER THAT FLOWS OVER LAND

61 A STREAM OR RIVER THAT FLOWS INTO A LARGER STREAM OR RIVER

62 A long, narrow inlet of sea between cliffs and slopes

63 A spring that spouts hot water and steam from time to time

64 A large mass of ice that moves very slowly down a mountain or through a valley

65 A hill of sand formed by blowing wind

66 A large body of salt water that is partly enclosed by land

67 A raised part of the earth’s surface that is lower than a mountain

68 A huge block of floating ice that has broken off a glacier

69 A piece of land that is surrounded by water

70 A body of salt water that connects two large bodies of water

71 A narrow body of water that connects two large bodies of water

72 An area of low land between mountains or hills

73 Permanently frozen soil

74 Evergreen forest regions found in northern Europe, Asia and North America

75 An area that is always cold and where only specialized plants can grow

76 Forests where trees usually lose their leaves in the winter with very rich wildlife

77 Forests found along the equator where many plants and animals are found. Warm weather with lots of rain fall all year round

78 Also called praires, steppes, savannas, pampas, llanos and campo. Found in areas with hot summers and cold winters

79 Areas that receive less than 10 inches of precipitation a year. May have extreme temperatures of hot and cold

80 All forms of water that fall to the earth

81 A hole in the earth’s crust through which lava, gasses and ash are released

82 A stream of water that falls from a high place

83 Wasteland that has been carved into unusual shapes by wind and water

84 The natural surrounding of an area; climate, sunlight, temperature, precipitation, elevation, soil and landforms

85 The condition of the earth’s atmosphere over a short period of time

86 Weather patterns over a long period of time.

87 Movement of the earth on its axis. Creates day and night

88 One complete orbit around the sun. Creates a year


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