What is Geography?
This represents the three-dimensional earth in two dimensions.
maps
This river is heavily impacted by drought conditions today.
Colorado
This is the largest desert in Africa.
Sahara
This is the major mountain range of South America.
Andes
Wind and solar power are examples of this kind of resource.
renewable
This type of map shows boundaries of countries, states, and cities.
political
Name 2 of the 3 US states that were a significant part of the 'Rust Belt'
Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania
These are worn as part of animist ceremonies.
masks
This is a grassland region in South America.
Pampas
People that are native to a particular area are __________
indigenous
This refers to the average weather in a region.
climate
This physical region of the U.S. is known as its "Wheat Belt."
Great Plains
The Sahel is experiencing this type of climate change.
desertification
This process explains why cities in Latin America are growing.
urbanization
Roads, canals, and cell towers are examples of this.
infrastructure
This theme of geography refers to things like planes, trains, and automobiles.
movement
This “belt” of the U.S. is the region with the fastest growing population.
Sun
Europeans colonized Africa looking for these.
resources
Mexico City used to be the center of this Pre-Colombian empire.
Aztec
Blending of cultures is referred to as this.
syncretism
0 degrees longitude is the ________ __________
Prime Meridian
The U.S. is known as the wealthiest country in the world because it has the largest one of these.
GDP
This is a major export of the Cote d’Ivoire.
cocoa
This results from logging in the Amazon rainforest.
deforestation
This term refers to the rise of manufacturing in an economy.
industrialization