Vocabulary
Physical Features
Climates
Pop Dense/Econ Act
100
Climate
What is the pattern of weather over a long period of time?
100
A narrow strip of land with water on each side, that joins two larger pieces of land.
What is an isthmus?
100
Rain, snow, sleet, slush, or other forms of moisture?
What is precipitation?
100
On a population density map, black circles represent _______ and color represents ____________.
What are urban population and population density?
200
economic activity
What is the action that relates to the making, buying, and selling of goods and services?
200
A long piece of land, surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
200
Patterns of temperature and precipitation are shown on this type of graph.
What is a climagraph?
200
Turning resources into goods to sell.
What is manufacturing?
300
population density
What is the average number of people who live in a unit of area, such as a square mile? (how crowded an area is)
300
A series of islands.
What is an archipelago?
300
The latitudes on earth that get the most amount of direct sunlight.
What is tropical latitudes?
300
People that move around often to find food and water for their animals are known as ...
What are Nomadic Herders?
400
physical feature
What is any natural characteristic of Earth's surface, such as landforms and bodies of water?
400
a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two large areas of water
What is a strait?
400
The two factors which influence a place's climate.
What are latitude and elevation (altitude)?
400
The use of trees as a resource for making homes, furniture, and paper is known as...
What is forestry?
500
landform
What is any natural feature of Earth's surface that has a distinct shape. (major features such as continents, plains, plateaus, and mountain ranges)
500
A series of islands.
What is an archipelago? ?
500
The climate zone that Greece has.
What is Mediterranean?
500
How do you calculate population density?
Divide the total population of an area by the location's total land area.
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