World Geography Final

the study of distribution and interaction of physical human features on the earth

• 9/11

• geography

• chemical weathering

• weather

condition of the atmosphere at a particular location and time

• weather

• climate

• map

• weathering

farthest point north that the sun's rays shine directly overhead

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

• absolute location

• relative location

farthest point south that the sun's rays shine directly overhead

• Tropic of Cancer

• Great Lakes

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Berlin Wall

most common tool to study the use of space on earth

• GNP

• topography

• globe

• map

closest election in US history between Al Gore and George W Bush; Bush was declared the winner

• 1776 Election

• Election of 2000

• 9/11

• direct democracy

terrorist attacks on the US on September 11, 2001; four planes were hijacked and crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a Pennsylvania field

• 9/11

• Berlin Wall

• Revolutionary War

• Nazis

built after WWII to divide communist East Germany (USSR controlled) and democratic West Germany (US controlled)

• Berlin Wall

• Great Lakes

• free enterprise

• Silk Road

causes people to leave their homeland and migrate to another region.

ex: environmental conditions, politics, war, or the persecution of certain ethnic groups

• pull factors

• push factors

• geography

• diffusion

citizens hold political power, either directly or through elected representatives

• democracy

• monarchy

• economy

• Buddhism