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Geography Basics

  • Geography-the study of the earth in all of its variety.

  • The 5 Major Geographic Themes-location, place, human/environment interaction, movement, and region.

  • Types Of Landforms-volcanoes, mountains, glaciers, lakes, fjords, canyons, plateaus, plains, deserts, gulfs, deltas, bays, isthmus, peninsulas, valleys, hills, rivers, oceans (or seas), and islands.

  • Basic definitions:

    Transportation-a means of carrying goods or passengers.
    Interdependence-countries or people that rely on one another.
    Culture-way of life a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs, including language and religion.
    Imports-goods brought in from an exterior source.
    Exports-goods sent to foreign countries.
    Trade-the buying and selling of goods.
    Prophet-money made from exports.
    Resources-one's worldly possessions.

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