What is Geography?
The United States
Africa
Latin America
Big Words
100

This represents the three-dimensional earth in two dimensions.

maps

100

This river is heavily impacted by drought conditions today.

Colorado

100

This is the largest desert in Africa.

Sahara

100

This is the major mountain range of South America.

Andes

100

Wind and solar power are examples of this kind of resource.

renewable

200

This type of map shows boundaries of countries, states, and cities.

political

200

This city grew because of its location on a harbor.

New York City

200

These are worn as part of animist ceremonies.

masks

200

This is a grassland region in South America.

Pampas

200

Cultures that develop without outside influence are called this.

indigenous

300

This refers to the average weather in a region.

climate

300

This physical region of the U.S. is known as its "Wheat Belt."

Great Plains

300

The Sahel is experiencing this type of climate change.

desertification

300

This kind of migration explains why cities in Latin America are growing.

rural-urban

300

Roads, canals, and cell towers are examples of this.

infrastructure

400

This theme of geography refers to things like planes, trains, and automobiles.

movement

400

This “belt” of the U.S. is the region with the fastest growing population.

Sun

400

Europeans colonized Africa looking for these.

resources

400
Mexico City is an example of one of these.

megacity

400

Blending of cultures is referred to as this.

syncretism

500

These latitudes have the coldest climate.

high

500

The U.S. is known as the wealthiest country in the world because it has the largest one of these.

GDP

500

This is a major export of the Cote d’Ivoire.

cocoa

500

This results from logging in the Amazon rainforest.

deforestation

500

This term refers to the rise of manufacturing in an economy.

industrialization

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