Vocab
This term means the beliefs, customs, practices, language, and way of life shared by a group of people.
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What is culture?
This is a place where people establish a community, ranging from a small village to a large city.
What is a settlement?
Cutting flat, step-like fields into hillsides so crops can be grown is called this.
What is terraced farming?
This term describes the growth of cities and the movement of people from rural areas into urban areas.
What is urbanization?
This singer is known for songs such as “Shake It Off” and “Blank Space.”
Who is Taylor Swift
This term means the buying and selling of goods and services.
What is commerce?
Settlements often develop near these because they provide water, fertile land, minerals, forests, or energy.
What are natural resources?
This farming method clears land by cutting and burning vegetation.
What is slash-and-burn agriculture?
To calculate population density, divide the total population by this.
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What is land area?
Tacos, burritos, and quesadillas are foods strongly associated with the cuisine of this country.
What is Mexico?
A single feature of a culture, such as food, clothing, music, or a religious practice.
What is a culture trait?
This type of area is a city or densely populated community with many buildings, businesses, roads, and services.
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What is an urban area?
This irrigation system uses a long sprinkler arm that rotates around a central water source.
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What is center-pivot irrigation?
This is an official count of a country’s population conducted by the government.
What is a census?
This NBA superstar became famous for playing with the Golden State Warriors and shooting three-pointers from long range.
Who is Stephen Curry?
This term describes the average number of people living in a particular area.
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What is population density?
This forms when several metropolitan areas grow together into one large, connected region.
What is a megalopolis?
This process extracts oil or natural gas by injecting water, sand, and chemicals into underground rock at high pressure.
What is fracking?
This is when a person leaves an area and moves to a new area. Spell it correctly.
This is an emigrant.
This singer is known for songs such as “Uptown Funk” and “Just the Way You Are.”
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Who is Bruno Mars?
This is the movement of people from one place to another in order to live there.
What is migration?
These paths move people and goods between places and often help settlements grow where they meet.
What are trade routes?
Hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, and wildfires are examples of these natural events that can threaten people and property.
What are natural hazards?
Better jobs, higher wages, safety, schools, and family connections are examples of these reasons people move to a place.
What are pull factors?
his basketball player became famous for wearing number 23 with the Chicago Bulls and winning six NBA championships.
Answer: Who is Michael Jordan?
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Who is Michael Jordan?