Landforms
These towering landforms with steep slopes and high elevations. They are typically formed by the collision of tectonic plates or volcanic activity.
What are mountains?
The lack of rainfall makes the soil insufficient to grow trees and therefore home to large open areas dominated by grasses. These biomes are often used by humans for agricultural purposes.
What are grasslands?
These societies often rely on agriculture, hunting, and gathering, and decisions are passed down through generations.
What are traditional economies?
This climate zone has a year-round average temperature over 64°. Regions in this climate zones receive intense sunlight and have an average of 2.4 inches of rain a month.
What is Tropical?
Smaller bodies of saltwater that are partially enclosed by land.
What are Seas?
These low-lying landforms lie between hills or mountains and are often carved by rivers, glaciers, or tectonic forces.
What are valleys?
This biome spans subarctic and northern temperate regions. The sun never actually reaches directly overhead as it does in warmer areas, contributing to the primary form of vegetation being coniferous evergreen trees such as pines, spruce, and firs.
These economies have no government interference in economic activities. Instead, the forces of supply and demand determine production, distribution, and pricing.
What is Free Market Economy?
This climate is primarily defined by its lack of precipitation. The annual average amount of precipitation recorded is around 10 inches.
What is Arid Climate Zone?
Freshwater flows that carve their way through the landscape.
What are Rivers?
Created through geological uplift or lava accumulation these landforms are elevated, flat-topped areas.
What is a Plateau?
Due to the lack of precipitation, there is little water vapor in the air to trap the temperature. This causes wild swings in which temperatures can reach as high as 140°F during the day and near freezing at night.
What are deserts?
The government takes control of all economic decisions, including what and how much to produce.
What is command economy?
These areas can be characterized by their cool summers and frigid winters. In fact, the warmest month in this region rarely has an average temperature above 50° Fahrenheit.
What are Polar climate zones?
Immense ice formations found in polar regions and mountain ranges often having a blue tint.
What are Glaciers?
These landforms are deep, narrow valleys with steep sides, often created by river erosion.
What are canyons?
These biomes have grasslands with scattered trees and are usually found near hot tropical areas in Africa, South America, and Asia.
What are Savannahs?
While individuals and businesses are free to make decisions in the market, the government also plays a role in regulating and overseeing economic activities.
What is mixed economy?
Mostly found in the mid-latitude regions of the Northern Hemisphere. These regions are generally large land masses with prevailing winds, and are not influenced by bodies of water.
What is Continental?
Areas that are periodically or permanently saturated with water, such as marshes and swamps.
What are wetlands?
Landforms that are almost surrounded by water but connected to the mainland by a narrow strip of land.
What is a Penninsula?
These biomes are exposed to both warm and cold air masses which cause the region to experience all four seasons. Deciduous broad-leaf trees are the dominant form of vegetation in this biome.
What is the Temperate Forest?
The exchange of goods, services, and information transcends national borders, creating a complex web of interdependence.
What is Globalization?
This climate zone is known to have a wide temperature range as well as distinct seasonal variations. They can also be influenced by size of the landmass, elevation, sea and wind currents.
What is temperate zone?
Sometimes called a tidal mouth, these landforms create a unique environment where freshwater and saltwater mix.
What are Estuaries?