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100
Region with clearly defined boundaries. ie: Japan, North America, Allen ISD
What is a formal region?
100
This determines how many babies die before their first birthday.
What is Infant Mortality Rate?
100
Geography is split into 2 different areas of study. Name the types of processes that are studied in geography.
What is Human and Physical geography?
100
This is a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two large areas of water.
What is a strait?
100
Which came first the chicken or the egg? Ooops, which came first Urbanization or Industrialization?
What is Industrialization?
200
Type of map discrepancy that is caused by attempting to make a round surface (earth) fit on a flat surface (map).
What is distortion?
200
Equator is at 0° of this imaginary line.
What is lines of latitude?
200
Farming which produces enough food for a profit AND allows the U.S. to provide food for foreign consumers.
What is Commercial Agriculture?
200
Created this device to help farmers in the Great Plains pump water for irrigation.
What is a windmill?
200
A system used to collect and interpret layers of data.
What is Geographic Information Systems (GIS)?
300
This is also known as boreal forest found in the northern hemisphere-- a biome with lots of coniferous forests. It is the world's largest biome after the oceans.
What is taiga?
300
Constant movement of continents. Began as one supercontinent, and is slowly moving.
What is Continental Drift?
300
Drought, or human activities such as overgrazing, over-cultivation of previously fertile areas.
What is desertification?
300
Region of the world with temperate climate zones.
What is mid-latitudes?
300
Area that shares a common culture, interests, history, economy, or physical attributes?
What is a region?
400
What does the following explain: 1. Expected years of education 2. GDP per capita 3. Life expectancy
What is HDI (Human Development Index)?
400
Which level of development country would you expect to find the highest standard of living?
What is an MDC?
400
Support system that helps support a society. It includes highways, hospitals, schools, waste management, etc.
What is infrastructure?
400
This type of air current causes weather conditions to move from the US west coast to the US east coast over the course of several days.
What is wind belts?
400
International trade, loss of local cultures, and increasing worldwide interactions are aspects of this.
What is globalization?
500
Type of region that has a central location. It may include transportation, delivery service, cell phone coverage,. Central location is the initial point and coverage moves out to a certain distance beyond the location.
What is functional regions?
500
Civilizations developed near this resource due to fresh water, travel, trade, and fertile land.
What is rivers?
500
Orlando, FL and San Diego, CA have similar latitudes, but very different water temperatures. Orlando is near the Atlantic Ocean and temps flow from near the equator. San Diego is on the Pacific Ocean and water flows from the polar region.
What is ocean currents?
500
MDC businesses have moved manufacturing jobs outside their country. Low-skill jobs have gone away to other countries.
What is outsourcing?
500
The Arctic Circle receives either 24 hours of sunlight or 24 hours of darkness during this celestial event.
What is Solstice.