Test - Tuesday, November 26, 2013
1. Absolute location
2. Arid
3. Axis
4. Climate
5. Colonialism
6. Coniferous trees
7. Continental climate
8. Delta
9. Distortion
10. Economic activity
11. Ecosystem
12. Ecumen
13. Elevation
14. Equinox
15. Fossil fuel
16. Geography
17. Glacier
18. Habitat
19. Hemisphere
20. Hydroelectric power
21. Indigenous
22. Isthmus
23. Key/legend
24. Landform
25. Map grid
26. Marine climate
27. Nonpoint source pollution
28. One day
29. One year
30. Parallels
31. Peninsula
32. Plateau
33. Plural society
34. Polar region
35. Population density
36. Prime Meridian
37. Region
38. Relative location
39. Run off
40. Rural
41. Scale
42. Solstice
43. Strait
44. Subsistence farming
45. Tropic of Cancer
46. Tropic of Capricorn
47. Tundra
48. Urban
49. Vegetation
50. Watershed

Absolute Location
The exact point of a place.

Arid
Dry like a desert.

Axis
An imaginary line the
Earth spins on.

Climate
A pattern of weather over a period of time.

Colonialism
When one country claims another piece of land as their own.

Coniferous trees
Evergreen trees with needlelike leaves and cones.

Continental climate climate region far from ocean that has a wide range of temperatures

Delta
The end of a river where it meets the sea.

Distortion
What causes the change in shape of a place when shown on a map.

Economic Activity
How people make money in a region.

End of the first set of
10 vocabulary terms
(Terms 1-10)

Ecosystem
A region with certain plants and animals.

Ecumen
A region that people can live in permanently.

Elevation
The height above sea level.

Equinox
The first day of spring or fall.

Fossil Fuel
A natural energy source that is found on Earth.

Geography
The study of the Earth and its people.

Glacier
A large moving mass of ice.

Habitat
The natural environment in which a plant or animal lives.

Hemisphere
Half of the Earth.

Hydroelectric power
Energy created by building a dam on a river.

End of the second set of 10 vocabulary terms
(Terms 11-20)

Indigenous
People who are native to a region before colonialism.

isthmus
A narrow strip of land linking two larger landmasses.

Key/legend
Symbols on a map with an explanation of what they are.

Land form
A natural part of
Earth’s surface.

Map grid
Imaginary lines on a map that help to locate places.

Marine climate
A climate region close to an ocean that has little change in temperature.

Nonpoint source pollution
Pollution from many different things.

One day
Earth’s rotation time.

One year
Earth’s revolution time.

Parallels
Another name for lines of latitude.

End of the third set of
10 vocabulary terms
(Terms 21-30)

Peninsula
Landform with water on three sides.

Plateau
A flat elevated landform.

Plural society
A region with people from many different places.

Polar region
An area of the Earth that is very cold and receives little direct sunlight.

Population density
The average number of people living in a place or region.

Prime Meridian
The main line of longitude.

Region
An area defined by things that are the same.

Relative location
Where a place is, compared to other places.

Run off
Water not absorbed by the soil.

Rural
A region with few people living there
(like in the country).

End of the forth set of
10 vocabulary terms
(Terms 31-40)

Scale
What is used to measure distance on a map.

Solstice
The first day of summer or winter.

Strait
A narrow body of water linking two larger bodies of water.

Subsistence farming
Farming done to feed one’s own family.

Topic of cancer
An imaginary line found at 23 ½° North latitude.

Tropic of Capricorn
An imaginary line found at 23 ½° South latitude.

Tundra
A polar climate and vegetation region with few large plants.

Urban
A region with lots of people, like in a city.

Vegetation
Plants and trees in a region.

Watershed
A region of water that drains to a certain body of water.

End of the fifth set of
10 vocabulary terms
(Terms 41-50)