Natural Disasters
This natural disaster has funnel shaped clouds and wind speeds of up 300 MPH
What is a tornado ?
First-hand accounts from the time, like letters, diaries, or photos.
What is a primary Source ?
The action of clearing a wide area of trees.
What is deforestation?
Movement from one place to another.
What is migration ?
This can provide cool air to make living in extremely hot areas more comfortable.
What is air conditioning ?
A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall leading to a shortage of water.
What is a drought
Information created later by someone who studied the past, like textbooks or articles.
What is a secondary source ?
The supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels.
What is irrigation ?
The type of clothes you wear is an example of ?
What is an adaptation ?
In Arctic regions this is often built out of snow and ice as a home to protect against freezing temperatures.
What is an igloo ?
A sudden and violent shaking of the ground sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
What is an earthquake ?
The process where distinct cultures interact, exchanging and merging their traditions, languages, arts, and other elements to create a new, shared cultural identity or a hybrid of the original cultures.
What is cultural blending ?
The process by which cities grow and larger percentages of a population come to live in urban areas rather than rural ones. This transformation involves people migrating from the countryside to cities, leading to the formation and expansion of towns and cities.
What is urbanization ?
Changing the environment you are in to allow humans to live in it is an example of :
What is a modification ?
This animal is commonly used as an adaptation for desert environments due to their ability to walk long distances in the sand with little water needed.
What is a Camel ?
An overflow of water that covers the Earth.
What is a flood ?
The large-scale movement of people from one geographic area to another, often within a country or region, resulting in changes to population distribution and density.
What is a population shift ?
The process of extracting useful minerals, ores, or other valuable materials from the Earth's crust through methods like open-pit mining or underground tunnels
What is mining ?
Moving to an area because it has a warmer climate is an example of a _____________ factor
What is a pull factor ?
People who live in Coastal regions often eat this type of diet ?
What is seafood ?
A series of powerful ocean waves that can reach heights of 100 ft and are caused by large under water earthquakes.
What is a tsunami ?
A measurement that quantifies the number of people per unit of area, most commonly expressed as people per square mile or square kilometer.
What is population density ?
When people grow crops and raise animals for food.
What is agriculture ?
Leaving an area because of a severe drought and lack of food is an example of a ________ factor
What is a push factor ?
People in this region would need to build terraced farms in order to grow crops on steep land.
What is a mountain region/environment ?