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Exam 1 Geography Test

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plate techtonics
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scale
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authoritarian government
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biome
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unitary system
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natural resource
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climate
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cultural diffusion
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weather
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solstice
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fault
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fossil fuel
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geography
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federal system
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distortion
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monarchy
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equinox
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projection
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social class
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latitude
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loss of accuracy
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period during which hours of daylight and hours of darkness are of equal length everywhere on Earth
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crack in Earth's crust
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condition of the air and sky at a certain time and place
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a system in which a central government makes all laws for the entire country
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the position north or south of the Equator measured in degrees
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a process involving huge blocks of earths crust and upper mantle that are called tectonic plates
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a system in which power is divided among central, regional and local governments
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a group of people living in similar economic conditions
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period during which hours of daylight are longest in one hemisphere and shortest in the other hemisphere
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nonrenewable resource that forms over millions of years from the remains of dead plants and animals
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a region made up of similar ecosystems and communities of plants and animals
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a form of government in which the state is ruled by a monarch
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way to map Earth on a flat surface
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average weather of a place over many years
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study of the human and non human features of earth
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a government in which all power is held by a single person or a small group
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relative size
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the spread of cultural traits from one culture to another
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useful material found in the environment
Type the Term that corresponds to the displayed Definition.
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molten rock found under Earth's surface
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area between the high and low latitudes; also known as the middle latitudes
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a system of basic rules and principles by which a government is organized
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the beliefs, customs, practices and behaviors of a particular nation or group of people
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north, east, south, and west
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a pattern of organized relationships among groups of people within a society
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process of dropping eroded material in a new place
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the study of how people meet their wants and needs
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process that breaks down rock into tiny pieces
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area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; also known as low latitudes

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