Physical Geography
A position on the earth, usually measured using latitude and longitude
Absolute Location
When people move into cities
Urbanization
Israel became a new nation after winning a war for independence in this year
1948
What the earth does in 24 hours
Rotation
Shanghai is at the mouth of this river
Yangzi
When two tectonic plates separate
Divergence
The language family that includes English
Indo-European
Lebanon
The number of minutes in a degree of latitude
60
Ruler of the Communist Party until his death in 1976
Mao Zedong
Connecticut
Formal Region
A person who enters the country
Immigrant
Daily Double!
Home of Mecca and Medina
Saudi Arabia
Savanna
Tropical Grassland
Leader of the Communist Party after the death of Mao
Deng Xiaoping
Soil deposited by flooding water or a river
Sediment
The area inside a country's borders
Territory
Also known as Judea and Samaria
The West Bank
23.5 degrees South
Tropic of Capricorn
Muslim minority being persecuted in Western China
Uighurs
Large U-shaped valley
Glacial valley
Cultural divergence
Was known as Asia Minor or Anatolia
Turkey
Oak, Maple, and Birch
Deciduous trees
The region historically known as the center of China
Northeast