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Geography Glossary

World Atlas

Chapter 1 - Exploring the United States

hemisphere

landform

temperature

equator

sea level

precipitation

prime meridian

plateau

climate

continent

source

humidity

relative location

tributary

line graph

border

mouth

natural resource

gulf

basin

renewable

absolute location

canyon

groundwater

line of longitude

elevation

industry

line of latitude

relief

mineral

nonrenewable

environment

conservation

Chapter 3 - Regions Around You

region

interdependence

natural vegetation

ethnic group

modify

technology

communication

county

county seat

municipal

treaty

commonwealth

tropics

rain forest

tundra

province

 

 

Chapter 2 - We the People

culture

patriotism

immigrate

population

rural

urban

suburb

government

constitution

democracy

republic

legislative branch

executive branch

judicial branch

checks and balances

majority rule

economy

free market

factors of production

profit

supply

demand

manufacturing

service industry

trade-off

opportunity

cost

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Chapter 4 - Exploring the Northeast

Chapter 5 - The Northeast Today

harbor

glacier

blizzard

quarry

confederation

colony

colonist

port

independence

declaration

revolution

time line

decade

century

waterway

navigable

canal

Industrial Revolution

textile mill

urban growth

metropolitan area

megalopolis

primary source

secondary source

specialize

commute

candidate

ballot

campaign

volunteer

skyscraper

urban sprawl

pollution

population density

 

 

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Chapter 6 - Exploring the Southeast

peninsula

wetland

piedmont

fall line

growing season

hurricane

fertilizer

plantation

slavery

cash crop

abolish

secede

Confederacy

civil war

raw material

international trade

import

export

double-bar graph

justice

Civil Rights

Chapter 7 - The Southeast Today

state legislature

resort

tradition

governor

barrier island

reclaim

food processing

mainland

habitat

pulp

wild refuge

endangered

high-tech

coral

extinct

Sun Belt

reef

 

tourism

map scale

 

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Chapter 8 - Exploring the Midwest

prairie

tornado

drought

ore

adapt

survey

township

ordinance

frontier

pioneer

self-sufficient

sod

flatboat

migration

steamboat

entrepreneur

stockyard

assembly line

mass production

industrial economy

flow chart

historical map

 

 

Chapter 9 - The Midwest Today

architecture

hub

barge

freight

urbanization

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Chapter 10 - Exploring the Southwest

mesa

butte

rain shadow

cloudburst

arroyo

aquifer

reservoir

aqueduct

irrigation

pueblo

adobe

nomad

mission

land grant

arid

migrant worker

commercial

conflict

compromise

cooperate

fact

fiction

cause

effect

resolve

 

 

Chapter 11 - The Southwest Today

aerospace

refinery

xeriscape

reservation

dredge

evaporation

crude oil

observatory

 

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Chapter 12 - Exploring the West

Continental Divide

volcano

lava

crater

earthquake

fault

timberline

time zone

barrier

wagon train

forty-niner

boomtown

telegraph

transcontinental

railroad

public land

hydroelectricity

ecosystem

Chapter 13 - The West Today

satellite

Global Positioning System

consumer

opinion

microchip

archipelago

crossroads

heritage

consequence