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Vocabulary
Where People Live
People and Natural Environments
The Personality of Places
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Geographers divide the world into smaller parts called...
Regions
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The number of people in relation to the amount of land.
population density
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What are the two main factors that determine climate?
temperature and precipitation
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The center of a Latin American community.
plaza
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What information do you need to express the exact location of a place on earth?
latitude and longitude
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Flat land, but usually much higher in elevation than plains.
Plateaus
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Name three ways that climate affects us.
clothing, types of houses, kinds of jobs
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Warm and hot all year, with a lot of rainfall.
Tropical climate
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What gives a place its personality?
people
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Name two physical features of land that are very flat.
plains and plateaus
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Height or distance above sea level.
elevation
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Name three ways by which people are grouped.
temperature, culture, population, population density
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The climate we live in.
temperate climate
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Oceans were a barrier. The solution to this problem was...
ocean currents
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Who are the Nacirema people?
Americans
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People who work in the central city go home to the ___________
suburbs
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A map in which a country's size is based on something other than land area.
cartogram
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This climate type does not have a specific climate region, because it can be found at all latitudes.
dry climate
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Mountains were a barrier for people. As a solution, people found ________ and created ____________.
gaps, passageways
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Places with a high ___________ have taller buildings.
population density
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As floodwaters recede, ___________ is left behind and renews the soil.
sediment
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Latin America is an example of a __________
culture region
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Which region is located at the latitude 80 degrees S?
polar region
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Ocean currents helped people travel. For what other reason are they important?
They can influence climate
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If you lived in a tropical region, why might you want to live in the mountains?
It is drier and cooler in the mountains