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| what is the difference between a rainforest and a jungle |
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| none, rainforest sounds better though |
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| What are the four major climatic factors of africa |
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Savannah - serengeti, home to many of africas creatures
rainforest- high rainfall, near equator
mediterranean climates - 30 north 45 south latitude, coasts
deserts- kalahari/ sahara |
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| What is the tectonic force shaping africa |
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subduction zones kilimanjaro
divergent boundary great rift valley |
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| what characteristics distinquish mount kilimanjaro |
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a volcano that formed near a subduction zone
on of the only places on the equator with snow
highest free standing mountain
highest point in africa |
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| small strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
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| what country in latin america is a great example of an isthmus |
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| jutting land surrounded on three sides by water |
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| what region in south america is a good example of a peninsula |
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| what is the tectonic force shaping south america |
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| subduction of the nazca plate under the north american plate. the andes mountains were born |
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| name the worlds largest river. on what grounds is it the largest |
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| angel falls located in venezuela 3212 feet |
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| what is the atacama desert and why is it so unusual |
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worlds driest place
double rain shadow in the andes mountains |
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| area blocked by rain because of a mountain blocking rain bearing winds |
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| the names indetail, uyunisaltflats indetail |
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worlds flattest place
contains 10 billion pounds of gypsum and halite
16 inches of height in the whole thing |
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| name the mountain chain that makes up europes eastern border |
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| what does 'europes a peninsula of five peninsulas' mean |
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| europe is surrounded on three sides by water, and same with jutland, italy, balkan, scandanavia, iberia. |
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| name the five peninsulas of _________ |
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| jutland, italy, balkan, scandanavian, iberian |
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| highest point and lowest point of europe, name and country , GO |
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highest - mont blanc italy/ france
lowest - netherlands |
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| longest river and smallest country in europe. |
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longest river - danube
smallest country - vatican city |
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| name the three major mountain ranges of europe |
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| name the five major rivers of europe |
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thames
seine
danube
rhine
rhone |
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| name the seas of europe going from north to south, west to east, go two by two |
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| north sea, mediterranean, baltic, adriatic, black, aegean |
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| compare and explain the differences between canada and europe (weather wise) what role does the north atlantic current play |
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| cold pacific air goes over canada cooling it and then over the north atlantic which heats the air then to europe which heats europe |
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| land connecting two larger land masses on either side and surrounded on two sideds by water |
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| why is mexico considered a land bridge |
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| it connects north and south america |
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| what is a vaqueros, mequiladora |
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vaquero - mexican cowhand
maquiladora - factories that assemble parts made in different countries |
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| what allows economy to flourish in central mexico |
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good climate
good volcanic soil |
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| what is subsistence farming |
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| farming just enough to feed your own family |
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what does N. A. F. T. A. stand for
what is it |
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north american free trade agreement
goods traded between countries are untaxed
americans afraid of jobs going south |
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| what was the ancient incan capital |
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| what did the incan people call their supreme leader |
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| How did the incans farm in the high mountains of western south america |
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| terracing; cutting into the sides of the mountains to get flat ground |
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| Name and explain the incan writing system |
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| Quipu. knots would be placed on strings representing multiples of ten. different colored string would represent different things and different amounts of knotw would represent how much you would multiply each string by |
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| when, and to whom did the incas fall |
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| fransisco pizarro. 1500's |
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| what is the E.U. what function does it serve |
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| European Union. it is the largest economic entity in the world with approx. 493 million people |
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| Name the two entities that came before the European union |
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european coal and steel community
european economic community |
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| it is ruled by a president an a parliament with brussels being the parliament whether by right or not. |
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| how are the member countries chosen for the european union |
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they must fulfill the copenhagen criteria
secular democratic government
rule of law and corresponding freedoms
each member state must agree on admittance of new country |
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| what are the european unions four major goals |
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| free market, free movement of people, sense of european culture, common currency - euro |
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| why does human evolution look like a bush and not a linear graph |
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| species overlapped, interbreeded, or went extinct |
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| name the oldest known hominid, when did it live |
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sahalenthropis tchadensis
7.6 million years ago |
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| what does australopithicus mean |
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| what did the australopithicus look like |
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3-5 feet tall
heavy jaws, big teeth, small brains |
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| where did the australopithicus live |
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| name the most famous austrolopithicus find |
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| what does homo habilis mean and what is he known for |
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handy man
first to use stone tools |
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| what does homo ergaster mean |
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| where did homo ergaster live |
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| what does homo erectus mean |
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| where did homo erectus live |
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| what did homo erectus do that was so hot |
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| name two famous h. erectus finds |
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| describe homo neandertalis, where did he live |
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short but BUILT
lived in western asia and europe
had tools and culture
no one knows where they went |
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| name the two most notable groups of h. sapiens |
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homo sapien sapiens
cromagnon |
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| name 0 longitude and 0 latitude |
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longitude - prime merridian
lattitude - equator |
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