Global Studies Semester Exam Vocab

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Destructive mass sliding down a mountainside

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avalanche

Front

Long, narrow, steep-sided inlets

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Fjords

Front

Shrubs and small trees

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Chaparral

Front

Drained area for farming and settlement

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Polder

Front

North wind from the Alps

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mistral

Front

Community of plants and animals

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ecosystem

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Dividing line for Eastern and Western Hemispheres

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Prime Meridian

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Dividing line for Northern and Southern Hemispheres

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Equator

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Study of maps and mapmaking

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cartography

Front

Tool for processing and organizing data for geographers.

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geographic information system