Geography, Grades 9-12 59 words

a fan-shaped deposit where a fast flowing stream flattens out

underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc

southern and midwestern United States where Protestant fundamentalism is dominant

the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole)

a former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I; it included the British Isles, British West Indies, Canada, British Guiana; British West Africa, British East Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand

the most common form of the plague in humans; characterized by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of buboes in the armpits and groin; does not spread from person to person

a map that uses graded differences in shading or color or the placing of symbols inside defined areas on the map in order to indicate the average values of some property or quantity in those areas

an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members

a territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives

the gradual movement and formation of continents (as described by plate tectonics)

the action of changing from colonial to independent status

the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations

the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land

a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand

the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River

focussed on Europe and the Europeans

an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members

excessive nutrients in a lake or other body of water, usually caused by runoff of nutrients (animal waste, fertilizers, sewage) from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life; the decomposition of the plants depletes the supply of oxygen, leading to the death of animal life

the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms

the largest coral reef in the world; in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of Australia

warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere; caused by atmospheric gases that allow sunshine to pass through but absorb heat that is radiated back from the warmed surface of the earth

a belt of parks or rural land surrounding a town or city

a system of air transportation in which local airports offer air transportation to a central airport where long-distance flights are available

submersed plant with whorled lanceolate leaves and solitary axillary flowers; Old World plant naturalized in southern United States and clogging Florida's waterways

the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor

a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil

a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq

capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel (although its status as capital is disputed); it was captured from Jordan in 1967 in the Six Day War; a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims; was the capital of an ancient kingdom

a large continuous extent of land

the parts of North America and South America to the south of the United States where Romance languages are spoken

a very large urban complex (usually involving several cities and towns)

accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier

an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government

an agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico; became effective in 1994 for ten years

a republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821

a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948

the Canadian province in the Maritimes consisting of the Nova Scotia peninsula and Cape Breton Island; French settlers who called the area Acadia were exiled to Louisiana by the British in the 1750s and their descendants are know as Cajuns

a prosperous and industrialized province in central Canada

an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum

the study of physical features of the earth's surface

the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust

an area that has little precipitation because some barrier causes the winds to lose their moisture before reaching it

the ratio of the amount of water in the air at a give temperature to the maximum amount it could hold at that temperature; expressed as a percentage

an empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the eastern or Byzantine Empire; at its peak lands in Europe and Africa and Asia were ruled by ancient Rome

a landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony

matter that has been deposited by some natural process

a republic in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948

a geographical division of Asia that includes Indochina plus Indonesia and the Philippines and Singapore

farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketing

a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923

a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century

the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban

the phenomena associated with volcanic activity

a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another