Maps
List the 7 continents
North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica
Refers to the shape and elevation of the land
Topography
Process by which moisture moves from the oceans to the land and back to the oceans.
Hydrologic Cycle
Which is warmer and which is cooler? Temperate & Torrid
Torrid = warm year round
Temperate = cooler with wide ranges of temperature
Climate that has less than 10 inches of annual precipitation and whose temperatures vary greatly between daytime and nightime.
Desert
Name three renewable resources
Water, Soil, Air, Trees, Waterpower, Geothermal energy, Wind, Solar energy
List the 4 main oceans
Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian
The point where the parallel and the meridian intersect (Ex: 30 latitude and 80 longitude)
Coordinates
Patterns of weather that occur over a long period of time in a particular region.
Climate
Another name given to the two polar zones.
Frigid Zones
In the savanna, the wet season arrives with torrential rains known as: _______________.
Monsoons
Name three examples of nonrenewable resources discussed in this chapter
Iron, Bauxite, Coal, Petroleum
Names of 0 degree latitude line and 0 degree longitude line.
Equator and Prime Meridian
The art of making maps
Cartography
The height that something is above sea level is said to be its: _____________.
Elevation
The release of water from the atmosphere known as precipitation happens in what 3 forms
Ice, Snow, Rain
Climate found in such areas such as Italy, Spain, Greece, and California.
Mediterranean
What is primarily responsible for the production of Nuclear Energy?
Uranium
List 4 landforms
Mountains, Hills, Plateaus, Mesas, Buttes, Valleys, Plains, Deltas, Estuary, Peninsulas, Islands, Isthmus
Robinson Projection
The way of life of a group of people.
Culture
The single most important factor in any culture is the ________ of the people.
Religion
Two divisions of the Polar Climates
Polar Icecap and Tundra
Economy that takes raw materials and turns them into usable items.
Industrial
List 4 bodies of water discussed in this chapter.
Streams, rivers, tributaries, waterfalls, lakes, oceans, reservoirs
Helps determine distances on a map
Scale
A systematic study of a nations or areas people and the recording of carious facts about them.
Census
Economy that relies heavily on agriculture
Agrarian
A ________ or ________ on a map helps explain what symbols, lines, and colors represent.
Legend or key
List for examples of charts or graphs
Bar, Line, Pictograph, Pie Chart