Geography Unit 1 Vocab

The condition of the air and sky at a certain time and place

• Geography

• Climate

• Latitude

• Weather

The movement of huge blocks of Earth's crust and upper mantle

• Plate tectonics

• Continental drift

The study of human and nonhuman features of the Earth.

• Culture

• Geography

• Climate

• Weather

cause of migration that causes people to leave their home country

• Push factor

• Pull factor

• Draw factor

• Urbanization

group of humans with a shared culture who have organized themselves to meet their basic needs

• Civilization

• Religion

• Society

• Culture

Movement of people from rural areas to cities

• Climate

• Deforestation

• Urbanization

• Industrialization

The average weather of a place over a few years

• Culture

• Climate

• Deforestation

• Weather

Period during which hours of daylight are longest in one hemisphere and shortest in the other hemisphere

• Rotation

• Culture

• Equinox

• Solstice

Distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Climate

• Geography

the spread of cultural traits from one culture to another

• Urbanization

• Conflict Theory

• Cultural Lag

• Cultural Diffusion