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LEMPOSS
CULTURE
PHYSICAL/HEI
20th CENTURY
DEFINITIONS
100
What barriers hindered westward settlement of the United States?
What are mountains, rivers and deserts?
100
This is a custom in the Hispanic culture, when 15 year old girls have a party to celebrate their birthday and coming of age.
What is a quinceanera?
100
All settlements must be on or near this to be successful. They need it for drinking, trade, washing, irrigation of crops, etc.
What is water?
100
These are the two main reasons there was a population explosion from the 1950's to 2000.
What are medical and agricultural improvements?
100
This is pride in your country and your culture.
What is Nationalism?
200
Deserts form on one side of these, because they are so high, the clouds can't get over it.
What is a mountain barrier?
200
These are the two languages of Canada.
What are French and English?
200
Physical expansion of cities into the surrounding area.
What is urban sprawl?
200
This continent had the slowest population growth when last measured.
What is Europe?
200
This is an established custom within a society such as religion, school or prison.
What is an institution?
300
The Andes mountains were formed from this action.
What is CONVERGENT tectonic plate movement?
300
This is the affect American restaurants chains have on the cultural landscapes of other countries.
What are the countries become similar and lose some of their culture?
300
Latin Americans use this form of farming, especially in the Amazon River Basin. The rest of the world does not like it.
What is slash and burn agriculture?
300
This attracted many people to New York City in the mid 19th century.
What is economic opportunity?
300
This is knowledge passed down from generation to generation. It can be changed and greatly affects society.
What is a custom?
400
According to LEMPOSS, this set the rule on climate, and all the rest are "exceptions to the rule".
What is latitude?
400
These formed in the 1970's, when the poor moved from the country to the city and didn't have money to live there.
What is a favela?
400
On the west coast of the United States, we make these more flexible, in case of an earthquake, they will not rupture.
What are joints and pipes?
400
What three states influence the United States elections recently.
What are California, Texas and New York?
400
You would use these to get energy from the sun, used in sunny areas only.
What are solar panels?
500
This is the main characteristic of the area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
What is a wet, rainy climate?
500
This is a holiday celebrated in Northern Europe (Britain).
What is Boxing Day?
500
Volcanoes and earthquakes form in this area because tectonic plates move.
What is The Ring of Fire?
500
This enabled many cities to expand in size during the 20th century.
What is advances in transportation, like airplanes?
500
This leads to the acceleration of virus transmission because of increased world travel....CONTAGION.
What is globalization?