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Locating Places on a Map
Urban Land Use
Land of Little Rain
Food from the Land
Mining
100
This line of latitude cuts the planet into north and south
What is the Equator
100
The First Muslim Mayor in Canada
Who is Naheed Nenshi
100
This persons job is to look for waste of water
What is a water cop
100
A situation where a country cant provide enough food for their people
What is a famine
100
A Very Valuable Stone found in kimberlite pipes
What is a Diamond
200
One needs three satellites for this locating system to work
What is a GPS
200
The idea that non-basic industry will succeed if basic industry is thriving
What is The Multiplier Effect
200
The only significant water in the southwest comes from here
What is the Colorado River
200
A type of farming that meets the farmers immediate needs
What is subsistence farming
200
The process of melting down the ore to just get the mineral
What is smelting
300
A graphic on a map that indicates which way is north
What is a Compass Rose
300
The process of more people moving into a city
What is Urbanization
300
The Colorado River was unusable by humans until this was built
What is the Hover Dam
300
Growing food for money
What is Cash Cropping
300
Earth, Rocks, and ore removed in mining
What is Muck
400
The number of degrees of longitude per time zone
What is fifteen
400
These two technological developments allowed for the building of skyscrapers
What are Stronger, Lighter Steel and Elevators
400
This city has the highest per capita water use in the country
What is Las Vegas
400
The Process of leaving land without crop for a year to replenish moisture in the soil
What is Summer Fallowing
400
The residue left by smelting metallic ore
What is slag
500
A very Accurate clock that keeps time on a ship
What is a Marine Chronometer
500
In the 1800's many people started to move into cities because of this
What is the Black Plague
500
Las Vegas can get extra water from here
What is underground water pools
500
Two examples of the style of farming are: Co-operatives and Corporations
What is Agribusiness
500
Ancient geological features containing kimberlite pipes
What is Cratons