Landforms
Vocabulary
Global Problems
Countries, Continents, and Oceans
Miscellaneous
100
These large landmasses are created by convergent plate boundaries and project higher than their surroundings
Mountains
100
The study of Earth and how people interact on it
Geography
100
The ice caps melting and ocean water levels rising are results of this global problem
global warming or climate change
100
The largest ocean on the Earth
Pacific
100
Imaginary line around Earth at 0 degrees latitude
Equator
200
A forest that receives more than 2.5 meters of rain each year
Rainforest
200
A geographer who makes maps
cartographer
200
Burning fuels like coal, and automobile exhaust contribute to this global problem
pollution
200
This continent is home to the countries of Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Bolivia
South America
200
These two imaginary lines of latitude are at approximately 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south
Tropic of Cancer and/or Capricorn
300
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A chain of many islands
Archipelago
300
A map that shows a particular theme, or topic
Thematic Map
300
Hunger, lack of sanitation, access to clean water, and lack of resources for proper health care are the main causes to this global problem
Poverty
300
Originally called the Antarctic Ocean it was renamed in 2000
Southern Ocean
300
Pena Blanca, where the "Living on One" series takes place is in this Central American Country
Guatemala
400
A slow moving mass of ice
Glacier
400
A change in the shape, size, or position of a place when it is shown on a map; loss of accuracy
distortion
400
This large mass in the Pacific Ocean was caused mainly by plastic pollution
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
400
This continent holds two of the world's most populated countries
Asia
400
This social scientist pays close attention to cultures, social customs, and beliefs
Anthropologist
500
A long, steep-sided depression in the ocean floor. Most formed by convergent plate boundaries, when one plate slips beneath another
Trench
500
The method for investigating geographic problems and issues (ask, acquire, organize, analyze, answer)
Geographic Inquiry
500
This term, part of the global problem "sexism" is an artificial barrier to advancement in a profession, especially affecting women and members of minorities
Glass Ceiling
500
This state, because of a long string of islands technically puts the United States partially in the Eastern Hemisphere too, even though it's considered part of the Western Hemisphere.
Alaska
500
Also called the antimeridian, this line of longitude also divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres
180 degree meridian