World Geography Level 1 Vocab Words:
Unit 1: Exploring Geography
Chapter 1: Exploring Geography
Section 1:
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Geography
Absolute Location
Relative Location
Hemisphere
Character of a place
Perception
Formal region
Functional region
Perceptual region
Section 2:
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Core
Mantle
Crust
Lithosphere
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Relief
Ring of Fire
Plate Tectonics
Continental drift theory
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Weathering
Erosion
Sediment
Glacier
Chemical Weathering
Mechanical Weathering
Acid Rain
Loess
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Chapter 2: Climates and Ecosystems
Section 1:
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Weather
Climate
Precipitation
Rotation
Revolution
Solstice
Equinox
Continental Climate
Section 2:
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Ecosystems
Biome
Savanna
Prairie
Tundra
Permafrost
Deciduous
Coniferous
Chaparral
Chapter 3: Population and Culture
Section 1:
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Culture
Population density
Birthrate
Immigrant
Emigrant
Urbanization
Rural
Culture hearth
Diffusion
Section 2:
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Sovereignty
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Authoritarian
Democracy
Dictatorship
Totalitarianism
Federation
Confederation
Monarchy
Traditional economy
Market economy
Command economy
Chapter 4: Resources and Land Use
Section 1:
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Natural resource
Renewable resource
Nonrenewable resource
Fossil fuel
Nuclear energy
Water power
Solar energy
Geothermal energy
Section 2:
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Export
Import
Commercial industry
Commercial farming
Subsistence farming
Primary economic activity
Secondary economic activity
Cottage Industries
Tertiary economic activities
Quaternary economic activities
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Unit 2: The United States and Canada
Chapter 6: Profile of the United States
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Gross National Product
Canal
Telecommunication
Free Enterprise
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Metropolitan area
Hierarchy
Chapter 7: Regions of the United States
Section 1:
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Megalopolis
Section 2:
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Mangrove
Bayou
Fall Line
Sunbelt
Section 3:
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Humus
Growing season
Grain elevators
Section 4:
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Aqueduct
Chapter 8: Canada
Section 1:
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Province
Maritime
Lock
Bedrock
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Section 2:
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Separatism
Secede
Section 3:
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Customs
Tariff
NAFTA
Unit 3: Latin America
Chapter 9: Introducing Latin America
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Conquistadors
Cultural convergence
Caudillos
Pampas
Cay
Coral
Tropical storm
Hurricane
El Nino
Canopy
Mestizos
Mulattoes
Chapter 10: Mexico
Section 1:
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Plateau
Peninsula
Irrigation
Sinkhole
Cash crop
Hacienda
Subsistence farming
Ejido
Latifundio
Migrant workers
Chapter 11: Central American and the Caribbean
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Section 1:
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Isthmus
Guerrilla
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Archipelago
Coral island
Windward
Leeward
Chapter 12: Brazil
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Escarpment
Setao
Favela
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Plantation
Gasohol
Deforestation
Ecotourism
Chapter 13: Countries of South America
Section 1:
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Bauxite
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Campesinos
Cordilleras
Section 2:
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Selva
Timber line
Páramos
Altiplano
Section 3:
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Pampas
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Estuary
Piedmont
Unite 4: Western Europe
Chapter 14: Regional Atlas: Introduction to Western Europe
Section 1:
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Cultural diffusion
Industrial Revolution
Summits
Euro
Chapter 15: The British Isles and Nordic Nations
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Fertile
Ore
Tertiary economic activities
Section 2:
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Moor
Bog
Glen
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Peat
Cultural Divergence
Blight
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Fjords
Geothermal energy
Mixed economy
Chapter 16: Central Western Europe
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Dialect
Impressionism
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Nationalize
Recession
Section 2:
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Confederation
Reparation
Inflation
Lignite
Section 3:
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Dike
Decentralize
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Canton
Neutral
Perishable good
Strip mining
Chapter 17: Mediterranean Europe
Section 1:
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Navigable
Dry farming
Hub
Siroccos
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Seismic activity
Subsidence
Renaissance
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Inhabitable
Tsunami
Grabens
Unit 5: Central Europe and Northern Eurasia
Chapter 18: Regional Atlas: Introduction to Central Europe and Northern Eurasia
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Section:
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Domestication
Communism
Eurasia
Inland sea
Taiga
Steppe
Multiethnic
Ethnic groups
Chapter 19: Central and Eastern Europe
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National identity
Ghetto
Holocaust
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Velvet Revolution
Collective farm
Privatization
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Balkanize
Entrepreneur
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Annex
Diversify
Chapter 20: Russia
Section 1:
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Chernozem
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Czar
Abdicate
Soveity
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Command economy
Glasnost
Perestroika
Section 3: ruble
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Ruble
Black market
Unit 6: Central and Southwest Asia
Chapter 21: Regional Atlas: Introduction to Central and Southwest Asia
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Agricultural revolution
Civilization
Monotheism
Protectorate
Poaching
Chaparral
Mosque
Muezzin
Minaret
Desalination plant
Nomad
Trade surplus
Trade deficit
Chapter 22: The Caucasus and Central Asia
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Autonomy
Genocide
Nationalism
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Fundamentalism
Desertification
Yuerts
Chapter 23: The Countries of Southwest Asia
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Mandate
Zionism
Self-determination
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Potash
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Fertile Crescent
Militia
Anarchy
Embargo
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Falaj system
Infrastructure
Desalination
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Secular
Shah
Ayatollahs
Unit 7: Africa
Chapter 24: Regional Atlas: Introduction to Africa
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Sahel
Colonialism
Escarpment
Plateau
Savanna
Nomadic herding
Chapter 25: North Africa
Section 1:
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Delta
Reservoir
Sandstorm
Capital
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Caravan
Souk
Wadi
Chapter 26: West and Central Africa
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Deforestation
Desertification
Refugee
Landlocked
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Coup
Ancestor worship
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World Bank
International Monetary Fund
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Mercenary
Barter
Chapter 27: East and Southern Africa
Section 1: Kenya
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Malnutrition
Section 2: Other Countries of East Africa
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Ethnocracy
Section 3: South Africa
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Apartheid
Segregation
Sanction
Section 4: Other Countries of Southern Africa
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Land redistribution
Unit 8: South Asia
Chapter 28: Regional Atlas: Introduction to South Asia
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Nonaligned nations
Subcontinent
Monsoons
Chapter 29: The Countires of South Asia
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Nationalism
Nonviolent resistance
Boycott
Partition
Section 2:
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Reincarnation
Caste system
Sari
Purdah
Joint family system
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Irrigate
Unite 9: East Asia and the Pacific World
Chapter 30: Regional Atlas: Introduction to East Asia and the Pacific World
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Concessions
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Chapter 31: China
Section 1:
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Sphere of influence
Abdicate
Warlord
Martial law
Section 2:
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Theocrat
Autonomous region
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Ideogram
Atheism
Acupuncture
Section 4:
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Buffer
Provisional government
Chapter 32: Japan and the Koreas
Section 1:
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Homogeneous
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Quota
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Demilitarized zone
Proliferation
Chapter 33: Southeast Asia
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Barbarian
Indigenous
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Insurgent
Heterogeneity
Chapter 34: The Pacific World and Antarctica
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Lagoon
Cyclone
Outback
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Geyser
Trust territory
Section 3:
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Crevasses
Ice shelves
Pack ice
Convergence zone
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