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This Is A Review Of The General Terms In Human Geography Lessons For Spring 2016. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

the line of 0 degrees longitude from which east and west locations are measured.
a) equator
b) prime meridian
c) north pole
d) Mr. Dan's office

a strait is
a) a narrow body of water between two land masses
b) a land mass
c) a point that intersects a mountain range
d) swamp

a swamp is
a) a group of Sunnite Muslims
b) plateau
c) when you get stuck
d) an area that has shallow standing water

a flat landform is called
a) oasis
b) Outback
c) plain
d) mountaintop

an imaginary line around the middle of the Earth is called
a) prime meridian
b) equator
c) Eurasia
d) fjord

A study of the Earth's surface, focusing on descriptions of places and the people who live in them is
a) Politics
b) Economics
c) Geology
d) Geography

Everything people make, think and do is called
a) coup
b) culture
c) custom
d) currency

rain water that carries large amounts of chemicals
a) drizzle
b) pollution rain
c) acid rain
d) coral

the pattern of weather in a place over many years is called
a) monsoon
b) hurricane
c) rain
d) climate

a structure that carries water from one place to another is called
a) bucket
b) climate
c) clouds
d) aqueduct

a tropical wind that blows from the northeast and southeast toward the equator is called
a) monsoon
b) wind
c) trade wind
d) tsunami

related to regions near the equator; a tropical climate is very warm and moist is
a) truce
b) tsunami
c) typhoon
d) tropical

a tropical storm in the Pacific Ocean that brings high winds and heavy rainfall
a) plant life
b) monsoon
c) typhoid
d) typhoon

where a place is...
a) climate
b) migration
c) latitude
d) location

latitude is
a) distance, measured in degrees, east and west of the prime meridian
b) distance, measured in degrees, north and south of the equator
c) a line on a map
d) equator

longitude is
a) distance, measured in degrees, east and west of the equator
b) distance, measured in degrees, north and south of the prime meridian
c) distance, measured in degrees, north and south of the equator
d) distance, measured in degrees, east and west of the prime meridian

a glacier is
a) a huge moving mass of dirt
b) a huge moving mass of chocolate
c) a huge moving mass of ice
d) a huge moving mass of air

erosion is
a) the wearing away of the Earth's surface by wind or water
b) the wearing away of the water by wind and dirt
c) a high, flat landform
d) coal, oil or natural gas

a delta is
a) a person in a group
b) a high flat landform
c) a flat, sandy area where a river enters and ocean
d) a flat landform

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