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Unit1 Global
Geography,climate,culture
Question | Answer |
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Chain of islands | Archipelago |
Waterfall | Cataract |
Triangle area of marshland formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of rivers | Delta |
Study of people,their environment, and resources | Geography |
Thick sheet of ice that covered parts of the Earth during the ice age | Glacier |
Distance North or South of the Equator | Latitude |
Distance East or West of the Prime Meridian | Longitude |
Seasonal wind | monsoon |
Grassy plain with irregular patterns of rainfall | Savanna |
Rich soil carried by flooding rivers | Silt |
Sparse,Dry grassland | Steppe |
Narrow water passage | Strait |
Large landmass that juts from a coninent | subcontinent |
Group of familiesbwith a common ancestor | Clan |
Family with many generations dwelling together | Joint Family |
Group claiming a common ancestor | lineage |
Women ownership society | Matrilineal |
Believing in 1 God | Monotheistic |
A person who moves place to place in search of food | Nomad |
Family consisting of parents and children | Nuclear Family |
Family headed by Father,Husband, or Oldest male | Patriqrchal |
Organization which kinship ties through the father | patrilineal |
Believing in many Gods | Polytheistic |
Time before writing systems were invented | Prehistory |