Physical Geography
This feature forms when two tectonic plates pull apart under the ocean, creating underwater mountain chains
Mid-ocean ridge
The capital city of Japan.
Tokyo
The largest ocean on Earth, covering more surface area than all landmasses combined.
Pacific Ocean
The imaginary line at 0 degrees latitude that divides the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Equator
The movement of people into a new country to live permanently.
Immigration
This atmospheric layer contains almost all of Earth's weather events.
troposphere
What's the capital city of France? (Verity)
Paris
The longest river system in South America, running through a massive rainforest.
Amazon River
The line at 0 degrees longitude used as the starting point for measuring distance east and west.
Prime Meridian
The term for the shift of population from rural countryside areas to urban cities.
urbanization
This dry area on the leeward side of a mountain range receives significantly less rainfall.
Rain shadow
The capital city of Australia, located inland between Sydney and Melbourne.
Canberra
The longest river in Europe, flowing through central Russia into the Caspian Sea.
Volga River
This standard 2D map projection heavily exaggerates the size of landmasses near the poles.
Mercator projection
A country in Stage 4 of the Demographic Transition Model generally experiences this type of birth rate.
This scale measures the energy released by an earthquake
Richter scale (or Moment Magnitude scale)
The capital city of Canada.
Ottawa
The body of water separating the United Kingdom from mainland Europe.
English Channel
The specialized system that uses satellites to capture surface data from a distance without physical contact.
Remote Sensing
The study of human population traits, including birth rates, death rates, and age structure.
demography
This term describes a deep, narrow ocean valley formed where one tectonic plate subducts beneath another.
Ocean trench
The capital city of Brazil, which replaced Rio de Janeiro in 1960.
BrasÃlia
The landlocked body of water between Jordan and Israel known for its extremely high salinity
Dead Sea
A computer system designed to capture, store, analyze, and display geographically referenced data.
GIS / Geographic Information System
Factors that drive people away from an area, such as war or poverty, are paired with these factors that attract them to a new area.
Push and pull factors