Into and W. Study

Geography

Th study of earth & its peoples, places, and environments.

Relative Location

Location of a place compared to another place.

Absolute location

Exact location on earth. Found using latitude (east/east lines) and Longitude (north/south lines)

Environment

Natural surroundings.

Movement

How and why people, ideas, products, and information move.

Climate zone

Similar patterns of temperature and precipitation.

Contiental shelf

Underwater plains that borders a continent. Usually ends at cliffs or downward slopes to the ocean floor.

Aquifers

Underground rock layers through which water flows.

Death rate

The number of deaths compared to the number of individuals in a population at a given time.

Birth rate

The number of births compared to the number of individuals in a population at a given time.

Doubling time

The number of years it takes a population to double in size.

Culture

Se of beliefs, behaviors, and traits shared by a group of people.

Social groups

Gender, age, religion, socio-economic: male/female, young/old.

Ethnic group

A group of people with a common racial, national, tribal, religious, or cultural background.

Language

Powerful form of communication.

Dialect

Regional variety of language with unique features (vocab, grammer, pronunciation.)

History

Events that shape our view of ourselves and others.

Arts and Sports

Form of expression: visual and performing.

Government

Rules and laws that give order and provide protection.

Economy

Controls use of resources and define how goods are produced and distributed to meet needs.

Cultural region

Geographic area in which people have certain traits in common.

Natural resources

Material from earth.

Human resources

Labor, skills talent from people.

Renewable

resources that can be totally replaced or are always available.

Nonrenewable

Resources that are limited and can not be replaced.

Economic system

What goods and services will be provided? How will it be produced? Who gets it?

Traditional economy

Based on custom/tradition. Resources are distributed through families. Farming/fishing/herding

Command economy

Means of production are publicly owned. Government makes decisions on production and distribution (communism.)

Mixed economy

Mix of two types of economies.

Export

Selling to other countries.

Import

Buying from other countries.

Free trade

No taxes or limits on trade.

Sustainability

Creating conditions where all natural resources for meeting the needs of society are available.

Northern European plain

Large lowland plain where most of Western Europe lies.

Dikes

Walls/barriers to hold back the waters of the North sea.

Polders

Dutch name for land reclaimed from the sea.

Peat

Decaying plant matter, burned for fuel.

Deciduous

trees that lose their leaves in the fall.

Coniferous

Trees that grow in cooler areas and keep their leaves in winter.

Medieval times/middle ages

Transition period from ancient to modern times.

Crusade

Religious war

The black death

A plague.

Indulgences

Money to pardon a person's sins.

Industrial Revolution

Moving from an agricultural to industry based society.

Autobahns

Superhighways for travel.

Postindustrial economy

Depends more on service than industry.