Landforms
Climate
Vocabulary
Map Skills
Government
100
harbor
What is a sheltered place where ships can anchor safely?
100
tornado
What is a funnel shaped windstorm?
100
nonrenewable resources
What is a resource that cannot be replaced-coal,oil,natural gas?
100
globe
What is a spherical model of the earth?
100
prime minister
What is an official that heads the government in a parlimentary democracy?
200
plateau
What is flat rolling land at a high elevation?
200
hurricane
What is a violent tropical storm with high winds that forms over the Atlantic Ocean?
200
renewable resource
What is a resource that can be replaced naturally- wind, sun, trees?
200
latitude
What are lines that run E to W but measure N to S of the equator?
200
inflation
What is an overall increase in the price of goods in an economy?
300
lake
What is a sizeable inland body of water?
300
climate
What is a usual predictable pattern of weather in an area over a long period of time?
300
immigrants
What are people who move to a new country called?
300
longitude
What are lines that run N to S but measure E and W of the prime meridian ?
300
republic or democracy
What is government run by a president that people elect?
400
peninsula
What is a body of land surrounded by water on three sides?
400
weather
What are unpredictable changes in the air that take place over a short period of time?
400
ethnic group
What are groups of people that share common culture, language,or society called?
400
grid system
What is a network of lines that are formed by crossing one another to measure absolute location?
400
parlimentary democracy
What are voters electing representatives to a law making body ? (Canada)
500
archipelago
What is a group of islands?
500
greenhouse effect
What is the buildup of gasses in the atmosphere that prevent warm air from rising?
500
civilization
What is a highly developed culture called ?
500
absolute location
What is the exact location formed by latitude and longitude lines?
500
literacy rate
What is the percentage of people that can read or write in a country?
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