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As eleavtion gets higher; temperature gets
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altitude
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land covers about what percent of the earth's surface?
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29.22%
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renewable resources can be
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grown again
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elevation
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height above sea level
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northern and southern hemispheres have
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opposite seasons
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the shortest day of the year occures in what seasons?
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winter
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valleys, mountains, plains, are examples of
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landforms
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largest ocean
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pacific ocean
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what climates are hot
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tropical
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hottest temperatures on earth found at what latitude line
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equator
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what has the largest basin rain forest in the world
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amazon rainforest
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coal and oil are examples of what fuels
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fossil
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deforestation
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widespead cutting of forests
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physical geography
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covers the topics related to the surface of the earth
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human geograohy
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the study of culture
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geographers
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studys the earth's phiscal environment and habitat
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name three uses of geography
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locating, mapping landmarks, mapping dangers
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regions
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areas that share common characteristics
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landform
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individual features of land
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GPS
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GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM group of satellites
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GIS
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GLOBAL INFORMATION SYSTEM special software
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environment
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natral
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there are how many themes in geography
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5
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globe
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round reprentation of the earth
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the earth has how many hemispheres
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4
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latitude lines are what lines that run what and what
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parrellel lines that run E to W
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longitude lines are what lines that run what to what
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imaginary lines that run N to S
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absolute location
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exact location
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a map contains a
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map key, scale bar, compass rose, and a title
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two examples of a general purpose map are
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political and physical
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two examples of a spiecal purpose map are
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climate and resource map
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graphs
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summurizing and precenting viually
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charts
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graphic ways of presenting information clearly
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pictograph
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a graph in which small symbols reprecent quntities
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climograph
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combination bar and line graph giving information about temperature and precipitation
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in a market economy what or who make the decisions about what to produce, but in a command economy the what or who does
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people government
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geographers divide the world into what regions
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culture
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people express their culture through the
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arts
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what allows people to communicate
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language
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ethnic group
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share the same culture
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what helps people answer questions about life's meaning
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relgion
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dictator
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rules with absolute rule
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a market economy is based upon
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free enterprize
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civilizations are highly developed
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culture
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what is a local form of language
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dialect
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culture
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a way of life how people live
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an economic system sets forth rules on how goods and services are produced and
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sold or exchanged
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cultural diffusion is the process of spreading what to other cultures
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ideas
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largest continent
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asia
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highest mountain
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everest
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largest lake
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Caspin Sea
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longest river
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nile
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largest freshwater lake
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superior
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smallest continent
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alstralia
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milville's absolute location
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39 degrees N 75 degrees S
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millvile's relative location
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SW of pennsylvania
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