Social Studies mid term
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- source of a river
- place where a river begins
- climate
- the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time
- elevation
- distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)
- relief
- the difference in elevation between the highest and lowest points in an area
- quota
- a limitation on imports
- specillazation
- when countries focus on the things that their recorces allow them to do best
- mouth of a river
- place where a stream or river flows into a larger body of water
- hydrosphere
- the watery layer of the earth's surface
- absolute location
- the exact location of a place
- interdependence
- Relationship where two or more groups rely on each other for survival
- plates
- huge slabs of rock that move
- geographic information system
- special computer software that helps geographers gather information about different places
- free trade
- international trade free of government interference
- ithmus
- narrow stretch of land that connects two larger peices of land
- globalization
- growth to a global or worldwide scale
- tarrif
- tax on imported goods
- gulf
- an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land
- relative location
- location of places with respect to other places
- regions
- areas that share common characteristics
- geography
- study of the earth's surface
- overpopulation
- too much population for the recoruces in an area
- water, ice, wind
- 3 greatest causes of erosion
- government
- the act of governing
- weathering
- the decompocition and disintegration of rocks and minerals at the earth's surface by a mechanical and chemical process
- humidity
- wetness in the atmosphere
- natural recource
- product of the earth that people use to meet their needs
- cultural diffusion
- the spread of cultural elements from one society to another
- core, mantle, crust
- the 3 layers of the earth
- pangea
- the super continent where all the continents were once joined
- faults
- fracturing of rock followed by the movement of two sides of the fracture relative to one another
- religion
- a system of beliefs and practices that a group of people use to answer questions about life
- mesa
- broad, flat topped landform with steep side; smaller than a plateau
- language
- a system of words used in a particular discipline
- atmosphere
- the mass of air surrounding the Earth
- social groups, language, religion, daily life, history, arts, government, economy
- 8 culture traits
- delta
- flat plain of mud or sand between branches of a river
- straight
- narrow stretch of water joing two bodies of water
- refugee
- an exile who flees for safety
- weather
- the daily condition of the atmosphere (sunny, cool, or wet)
- biosphere
- the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth where living organisms exist
- lithosphere
- the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
- emigrate
- to leave one country or region and settle in another
- atlantic, pacific, indian, artic
- all 4 oceans
- social groups
- the different groups a society is divided into
- economy
- an act of economizing
- daily life
- people of different cultures experience different in regular, everyday life
- immigrate
- come into a new country and change residency
- import
- to bring in from another country to sell
- population density
- number of individuals per unit area
- bay
- an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
- birth rate
- the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area
- plate tectonics
- the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
- north america, south america, europe, asia, africa, australia, antartica
- all 7 continents
- culture
- the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group
- history
- the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings
- death rate
- the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area
- arts
- A subdivision of culture which follows artistic beliefs
- desert
- an arid region with little or no vegetation
- artifacts
- something created by humans usually for a practical purpose; especially :an object remaining from a particular period
- tributary
- a branch that flows into the main stream
- fresh water
- what is only 2% of our water supply
- fossils
- the perserved trace, imprint, or remains of a plant or animal
- topsoil
- the layer of soil on the surface
- plateau
- a large raised area of mostly level land
- erosion
- a gradual decline of something
- export
- cause to spread in another part of the world
- global positioing system
- group of sattelites orbiting arond the earth used to pinpoint the exact location