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peninsula
land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides
a narrow section of WATER connecting 2 larger bodies of water
landlocked
land that doesn't touch any coastline, sea, or ocean
it is completely surrounded by land
isthmus
a section of LAND connecting 2 larger bodies of land
ex: Central America
geologist
a person who studies the Earth
meteorologist
a person who studies the weather
cartographer
person who makes maps
archeologist
a person who studies things made and used by ancient cultures
historian
a person who studies the written records of different cultures
sociologist
a person who studies how different people with a culture get along with one another
anthropologist
a person who studies the customs of a group of people
political scientist
a person who studies the laws and government of a culture
ethnocentric
judging another culture according to my values
(not ideal)
indigenous
to originate from an area, it can apply to people, animals, and plants
pilgrimage
a spiritual journey
a journey made to a place that is important to your faith
nomadic
to travel from place to place,
to have no permanent home
prehistoric
before written records
historic
written records, recording events in writing
scribe
a person who can read or write
caravan
a large group of people with goods,traveling across the desert
culture
a group of PEOPLE with the same way of doing things (customs)
grouped by:
religious beliefs, laws, language, a way of seeing beauty
customs
the accepted way of doing things among a group of people
ziggurats
temples for their gods to live in, with staircases so the god could travel from earth to heaven
"man - made mountain"
Equator
O degrees latitude
divides the globe into north and south hemispheres
Prime Meridian
O degrees longitude
divides the globe into east and west hemispheres