WORLD GEOGRAPHY STAAR REVIEW
Vocabulary
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
Lithosphere- ____________________________________________________________
Plate tectonic theory- ____ ________________________________________________
Ring of Fire- ____________________________________________________________
Tsunami- _______________________________________________________________
Barriers- _______________________________________________________________
Atmosphere- ____________________________________________________________
Climate- ________________________________________________________________
Latitude- _______________________________________________________________
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Elevation- ______________________________________________________________
Wind Systems- __________________________________________________________
River Systems- __________________________________________________________
Monsoons- ______________________________________________________________
Volcano- _______________________________________________________________
Ocean Currents- _________________________________________________________
LAME COWS- __________________________________________________________
El Niño- ________________________________________________________________
La Niña- _______________________________________________________________
Continentality- __________________________________________________________
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Weather- _______________________________________________________________
Hydrosphere- ___________________________________________________________
Water cycle (hydrologic cycle) - ____________________________________________
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Precipitation- ___________________________________________________________
Glacier- ________________________________________________________________
Biosphere- ______________________________________________________________
Vegetation- _____________________________________________________________
Biomes- __________ ______________________________________________________
Erosion- ________________________________________________________________
Weathering- ____________________________________________________________
Soil-building- ___________________________________________________________
Human Environmental Interaction (HEI)- ___________________________________
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Carrying Capacity- ______________________________________________________
Agriculture- ____________________________________________________________
Deforestation- ___________________________________________________________
Desertification- __________________________________________________________
Irrigation- ______________________________________________________________
Global Positioning System (GPS) - __________________________________________
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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - ____________________________________
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Perceptual Region- ______________________________________________________
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Functional Region - ______________________________________________________
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Formal Region- __________________________________________________________
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ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
Economy- ______________________________________________________________
Scarcity- _______________________________________________________________
Traditional Economies- ___________________________________________________
Primary economic activities- _______________________________________________
Secondary economic activities- _____________________________________________
Tertiary economic activities- _______________________________________________
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Quaternary economic activities- ____________________________________________
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Subsistence agriculture- __________________________________________________
Commercial agriculture- __________________________________________________
Manufacturing- _________________________________________________________
Goods- _________________________________________________________________
Service industry- ________________________________________________________
Cottage industry- ________________________________________________________
Commercial industry- ____________________________________________________
Free enterprise- ________________________________________________________
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Socialist- ______________________________________________________________
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Communist- ___________________________________________________________
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Regulations- ___________________________________________________________
Free trade zones- ________________________________________________________
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Infrastructure- __________________________________________________________
Transportation- _________________________________________________________
Technology- ____________________________________________________________
Innovation- _____________________________________________________________
Air conditioning- ________________________________________________________
Desalinization- __________________________________________________________
Outsourcing- ____________________________________________________________
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Per capita- ______________________________________________________________
Gross domestic product (GDP) - ___________________________________________
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Industrialization- ________________________________________________________
Urbanization/Globalization
Settlement- _____________________________________________________________
Urban- _________________________________________________________________
Rural- _________________________________________________________________
Urbanization- ___________________________________________________________
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Megalopolis- ____________________________________________________________
Culture
Culture- ________________________________________________________________
Multiculturalism- ________________________________________________________
Culture elements/ traits- _________________________________________________
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Institutions- ____________________________________________________________
Customs- _______________________________________________________________
Beliefs- _________________________________________________________________
Land use- ______________________________________________________________
Social- _________________________________________________________________
Culture Hearth- _________________________________________________________
Animism- _______________________________________________________________
Hinduism- ______________________________________________________________
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Buddhism- ______________________________________________________________
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Judaism- _______________________________________________________________
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Christianity- ____________________________________________________________
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Islam- __________________________________________________________________
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Sikhism- _______________________________________________________________
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Ethnicity- ______________________________________________________________
Caste- _________________________________________________________________
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Under- represented populations- ___________________________________________
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Convergence- ___________________________________________________________
Divergence- _____________________________________________________________
Genocide- ______________________________________________________________
Terrorism- _____________________________________________________________
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Population Geography
Colonization- ___________________________________________________________
Diffusion- ______________________________________________________________
Migration- ______________________________________________________________
Push Factors- ___________________________________________________________
Pull Factors- ____________________________________________________________
Columbian Exchange- ____________________________________________________
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Demographics- __________________________________________________________
Life expectancy- _________________________________________________________
Literacy- _______________________________________________________________
Infant mortality rate- _____________________________________________________
Industrialization- ________________________________________________________
Population Pyramids- ____________________________________________________
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Globalization- __________________________________________________________
Trade networks- ________________________________________________________
Pandemic- _____________________________________________________________
Sustainable development- _________________________________________________
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Renewable resources- ____________________________________________________
Non-renewable resources- _________________________________________________
Political Geography
Artificial Boundaries- ____________________________________________________
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Natural boundaries- ______________________________________________________
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Political- _______________________________________________________________
Political Units- __________________________________________________________
Democracy- _____________________________________________________________
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Dictatorship- ____________________________________________________________
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Monarchy- _____________________________________________________________
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Republic- _______________________________________________________________
Theocracy- ____________________________________________________________
Voting- _______________________________________________________________
Public policy- ___________________________________________________________
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Sovereign nations- _______________________________________________________
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Stateless nations- ________________________________________________________
United Nations (UN) - ____________________________________________________
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European Union (EU) - ___________________________________________________
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Nationalism- ____________________________________________________________
Patriotism- _____________________________________________________________
Nation-State- ____________________________________________________________