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EOC VOCABULARY
Question | Answer |
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Absolute Location | Specific Place |
Atmosphere | Layer above Earth |
Biosphere | All living things |
Canal | Artificial Waterway |
Chapparal | Small vegetation in Mediterranean Climate |
Climate | Weather over time |
Command Economy | Economy controlled by govt. (Communism) |
Commercial Farming | Farming for profit |
Continent | 1 of 7 large landmasses |
Core | Earth's center |
Crust | Earth's surface |
Cultural Convergence | Interaction of cultures |
Cultural Divergence | Restriction from other cultures |
Culture | People's way of life |
Culture Hearth | Spreading cultural ideas |
Delta | Mouth of river |
Democracy | People choose leaders |
Dictatorship | Govt power in small group or individual |
Diffusion | Cultural element from people to people |
Earthquake | Shaking of Earth's crust |
Ecosystem | living things and environment interaction |
Emigrant | Peroson who leaves a country |
Equinox | Day and night are equal |
Erosion | Movement of weathered materials |
Export | Item sent out of country |
Fertile | Able to produce |
Formal Region | Group of similar places |
Functional Region | Places connected by movement |
Halocaust | Killing of Jews by Nazis |
Hemisphere | Half the Earth |
Hurricane | Tropical storm winds of 74mph or higher |
Hydrosphere | All water on earth |
Immigrant | Person who enters a country |
Import | Item brought into a country |
Island | Land surrounded by water |
Lithosphere | Physical features of earth |
Mantle | Middle layer of earth |
Market Economy | Economy based on supply and demand |
Monarchy | Govt. ruled by king or queen |
Monotheism | Belief in one God |
Monsoon | Seasonal wind |
Multiethnic | Multi- groups |
Natural Resource | Natural good in the environment |
Nomad | Person with no permanent settlement |
Peninsula | Land connected to mainland with water on 3 sides |
Perceptual Region | Places defined by feelings and attitude |
Plate Tectonics | Plates move causing movement of earth |
Plateau | High |
Polytheism | Belief in many gods |
Population Density | Average number of people in a specific place |
Precipitation | All water that falls to earth |
Primary Econ. Activities | Activity that takes natural resources directly (Fishing) |
Quaternary Econ. Activities | Activity focusing on gaining information (Education) |
Relative Location | Place in relation to another place |
Renewable Resource | Resource that can be reused |
Revolution | 1 complete turn around the sun (365 1/4 days) |
Rotation | Spinning of earth on its axis |
Secondary Econ. Activities | Activity that uses raw materials to make another product |
Solstice | Sun directly over the Tropics |
Sovereignty | Power of people to choose type of govt. |
Standard of Living | How well people live |
Subsistance Farming | Farming for survival |
Tertiary Econ. Activities | Activity related to services (waitress) |
Tornado | Funnel shaped cloud of destruction |
Tundra | Region of cold weather- only specific plants grow |
Urbanization | Growth of cities |
Weather | Condition of the atmosphere over a short period of time |
Weathering | Process of breaking down rock |
Wind | Air in motion |
Tectonic Forces | Forces from within the Earth |
Elevation | Altitude of a place related to sea level |
Latitude | Distance of a place north or south of the equator |
Biomes | Ecosystem found in a region of the world |
Transportation | Process of moving people or goods from place to place |
Push-Pull Factor | Corces that cause people to leave a place or draw them to another |
Tsunami | A huge wave caused by earthquake or volcanic eruption on ocean floor |
Volcano | Opening of earth's crust |
Vegetation | Plants of an area or region |
Cottage Industry | Small-scale manufacturing |
Commercial Industry | Large-scale manufacturing |
Outsourcing | Process of having specific jobs done outside of a business |
Free Trade Zone | Designated areas exempt from taxes for purpose of Trade |
Scarcity | Situation in which more goods are demanded than available |
Republic | Government in which power is held by the people |
Migration | Movement of people from place to place |
Totalitarian System | System in which government controls all aspects of society |
Nationalism | Pride in one's nation |
Patriotism | Love for or devotion to one's country |