Unit 1 Vocab

the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center.

• capital

• economy

• region

• nation

the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.

• agriculture

• economy

• region

• cartography

the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.

• climate

• economy

• weather

• history

the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.

• culture

• history

• government

• nation

the wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services.

• economy

• history

• government

• nation

the study of past events, particularly in human affairs.

• cartography

• history

• government

• geography

height above a given level, especially sea level.

• cartography

• elevation

• prime meridian

• geography

an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°.

• tropic of cancer

• equator

• prime meridian

• tropic of capricorn

the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.

• tropic of cancer

• latitude

• longitude

• tropic of capricorn

the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.

• tropic of cancer

• latitude

• longitude

• tropic of capricorn