Basics of Geography
This is the term for each half of the earth.
hemisphere
the 0° line of longitude called this
prime meridian
This type of industry extracts natural resources from the earth. There are three types: Agriculture, Forestry, Mining.
Primary Industry
This term means "Study of the Earth"
Geography
This Canadian province borders the Pacific Ocean?
British Columbia
These are the two main branches of Geography
the 0° line of latitude called this.
the equator
These are the two types of secondary industries.
Construction and Manufacturing
This is the makeup of a nuclear family
a man, his wife, and their children
the coastal region of Virginia called this
Tidewater
This term is the system of customs and traditions and habits that a group of people use to make something of their world.
Culture
This is another name for the lines of latitude
parallels
This type of indsutry is also called service industries because they produce a service.
Tertiary Industries
These are the two parts in which the Coastal Plains divided.
Atlantic Coastal Plain and Gulf Coastal Plain
This is the type of government the United States has
federal constitutional republic
These are the three basic biomes
forests, grasslands, and wastelands
These are the two ways Goode’s interrupted projection is distorted
distances and directions
This term means a group of languages that share many common characteristics
language family
These are the four forces that cause erosion.
wind, glaciers, waves, running water
This Canadian province has the largest population?
Ontario
the study of human populations and their characteristics is called this.
demography
These are the four types of distortion on flat maps.
Area, shape, distance, direction
the alliance between the U.S., Canada, and many free nations of Western Europe is called this.
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
the main reasons for recent increases in life expectancy are these.
advances in technology and medicine, better nutrition, better prenatal care
This mountain is the highest in North America.
Mount McKinley; Alaska