vocab
Landforms
vocab, part 1
Name that country...
randoms
100
A decimal, out of 1 that shows overall quality of life in a specif country.
What is Human Development index
100
A large group or chain of islands
What is archipelago.
100
The process (by wind, rain and ice) that breaks down rocks into tiny pieces.
What is weathering
100
The Yellow River is located in this country.
What is China
100
Winds that blow across southern Asia at certain times of the year.
What are monsoons.
200
Tea, coffee, cotton, rubber. These are examples of what?
What is cash crop.
200
A very dry area where few plants grow.
What is desert.
200
The theory that the Earth was, at one time, a huge landmass.
What is Pangaea.
200
This country is located between China and India.
What is Nepal.
200
A society with cities, a central government and social classes.
What is civilization.
300
The spreading of ideas. (Think cup of water and yellow food coloring)
What is cultural diffusion.
300
A narrow strip of land that connects two larger pieces of land.
What is an isthmus.
300
The tool on a map that show cardinal directions.
What is a compass rose
300
The capital of this southeast Asian country is Phnom Phen.
What is Cambodia
300
A farmer growing just enough food for their family
What is subsistence farming
400
The study of the earth.
What is Geography.
400
A large area of flat or nearly flat land.
What is a plain.
400
A change in the accuracy of a map shape and distance.
What is distortion.
400
This country's frag is a red with a yellow star in the middle.
What is Vietnam.
400
a large piece of the Earth's crust
What is tectonic plates
500
Location, place, human-environmental interaction, movement, and regions.
What is the 5 themes of Geography.
500
The place where a river or stream begins.
What is a source.
500
A resource that once used up, can not be replaced.
What is non-renewable resource.
500
Gun powder, silk weaving and the water wheel are just a few inventions from which country.
What is China.
500
39* N, 57*E is an example of what theme of Geography
What is location