Vocabulary
Condition of the air and sky at the same time and place
Weather
North, South, East, West
Cardinal Directions
a community of plants and animals living within an ecosystem
Biome
The movement of water in the ocean that acts like a river, moving water from the poles to the tropics, and tropics to the poles
Current
Something that makes a person want or need to leave their country.
Push Factors
Lines Measuring North or South of the Equator
Latitude
Lines measuring east to west of the Prime Meridian
Longitude
Two types of Cold Climate Ecosystems
Tundra and Ice Caps
What two factors determine Weather and Climate
Temperature and Precipitation
A mixing and blending of cultures
Cultural Diffusion
Coal, Oil and Natural Gas are all examples of what?
Fossil Fuels or Nonrenewable resources
Southeast, Southwest, Northwest and Northeast
Intermediate Directions
Mediterranean brush and Desert Brush belong to which ecosystem
Grassland
How does Altitude affect Climate
The higher you go, the colder it gets.
Something that draws a person to a new country
Pull Factor
to leave one's own country to establish residence in another country
Emigrate
Solar Power, Wind Power, Hydro Power
Renewable Resources
Tropical Rain, Temperate and Subarctic all describe types of what?
Forests
The Middle latitudes and Low Latitudes are also known by these names...
Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn
Social Class is based off of what main factor
Socioeconomic Status
the climate zone between the polar zone and tropics
Temperate Zones
5 themes of Geography
Location, Place, Region, Movement, Human Environment Interaction
Name 4 of the 5 grassland ecosystems
Tropical Grassland/Savanna, Temperate Grassland and Brush, Mediterranean Brush, Desert and Desert Brush, Mountain grassland and Brush
Polar Zone, Temperate Zone, Tropics
Which 2 religions are based on a cycle of Rebirth
Hinduism and Sikhism