Geography ms STA
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- pull factor
- something that encourages people to move to a new place.
- ecumene
- a geographic region that is well suited for permanent settlement by people
- migration stream
- a constant flow of migrants from one country into another
- suburb
- a developed area at the edge of a city that is mainly homes
- topographic map
- a map that uses elevation lines and symbols to show a region's physical and human features
- ecosystem
- a community of all the living things in an area and the environment in which they live
- extreme weather
- severe or unusual weather conditions, such as hurricanes, tonadoes, and blizzards
- physical feature
- any natural characteristic of earth's surface, such as landforms and bodies of water
- vegetation
- all the plants and trees in an area
- emigrate
- to move from a country
- refugee
- someone who seeks safety by going to another country.
- food web
- all of the feeding relationships within an ecosystem
- absolute location
- the precise point where a place is located on earth
- urbanization
- the movement of people from rural to uban areas, resulting in the growth of urban areas
- push factor
- something that encourages people to leave a place behind.
- rural decline
- worsening economic conditions in the countryside icluding rising unemployment and growing poverty
- population density
- the average number of people who live in a unit of area, such as a square mile
- reletive location
- where a place is located in relation to another
- landform
- any natural feature of Earth's surface that has a distinct shape
- conservationist
- someone who works to protect the beauty and natural resources of the environment
- spatial inequality
- the unequal distribution of wealth or resources in a geograhic area, so that some places are richer than others
- economic activity
- any action that relates to the buying, making, or selling of goods/survices
- immigrate
- to move to a country
- subsistence farming
- farming carried out mainly to provide food for farm families, with liffle surplus for sale to others
- gross domestic product
- the total value of goods and services produced in a country in a year
- consuption
- the using up of goods and services
- urban sprawl
- the rapid often poorly planned spread of dvelopment from an urban area outward into rural areas
- thematic map
- a map that shows a particular theme, or topic
- urban core
- the older part of a big city
- indigeanous peoples
- natives of an area who have been conquered of dominated by others who came later
- developing country
- a poorer country with less advanced economy
- urban fringe
- the ring of small towns and suburbs that surround a big city
- rural
- found in or living in areas that are not close to cities
- el nino
- a warm ocean current that flows off the west coast of soth america every few years
- developed country
- a wealthy county with an advanced economy
- freshwater
- made up of non-salty fresh water
- meteorology
- the scientific study of climate and the weather patterns
- traditional culture
- cutomes and ways of life handed down from ancestors
- urban
- found in of living in a city
- per capita
- by or for each person
- fauna
- all the animal life in a particular region
- plural society
- a society in which different cultural groupls keep their own identity, beliefs, and traditions
- map projection
- a way of representing the spherical earth on a flat surface
- flora
- all the plant life in a particular region
- watershed
- a geographic area that includes all of the land and waterways that drain into a body of water
- natural disaster
- great destruction or loss of life caused by natural forces rather than by human actions
- food chain
- a series of plants and animals, each of which depends on the one below it for food
- adaption
- a change in a way of life to suit new conditions
- standard of living
- the ovrerall level of comfort and well-being of a group or country
- distortion
- a change in the shape, size, or position of a place when it is shown on a map
- tropical cyclone
- a severe storm with high winds that spiral around a calm center
- metropolitan area
- a major population center made up of a large city and the smaller suburbs and towns that surround it
- rural fringe
- the small towns, farms, and open spaces that lie just beyond a city's suburbs
- region
- region an area defined by one or more natural of cultural characteristic that set it apart from other areas
- climate
- the pattern of weather over a long period of time