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Violent storms that occur in the

U.S. Midwest

Tornado

Slum areas in Central America

favelas

Amazon River begins here

Andes Mountains

People work and live in the same

place

Cottage Industry

Japan gets most of its products

this way

Importing

Good for air travel and routing

Polar projection

Longest river in China

Yangtze River

Mountain in Japan

Mt Fuji

Cultural center of Argentina

Buenos Aires

Grassy plains in Venezuela like

the Great Plains in the United

States

llanos

Largest and second longest

river in the world

Amazon river

Capital of Japan

Tokyo

Major religions of Japan

Shinto & Buddhism

Good for sea travel

Mercator projection

Growing only enough to feed

the family

subsistence farming

Largest country in South America

Brazil

Highest standard of living in

Central America

Costa Rica

A nation that helps others in

need

welfare state

Hot winds that bring flooding

rain

monsoon

Largest country in Southeast Asia

Indonesia

Holy and polluted

Ganges river

Exact position of a place

on the earth’s surface

absolute location

It is difficult to show the surface of a round earth on a

_________.

flat map

Weather pattern over a long period of

time

climate

Dry area on the inland side of coastal

mountains

rain shadow

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Most of China’s people live in these areas

rural areas

Desert in Mongolia

Gobi Desert

Likely to have a tropical climate

low latitude

Blocks the cold air from invading

India

Himalaya Mountains

Main religion of Central and

South America

Roman Catholic

Capital of Brazil

Brasilia

Major religion of India

Hinduism

Major export of Jamaica

bauxite

Able to read and write

literacy

Narrow strip of land connecting

two large areas of land

isthmus

Most populated country in

Central America

Guatemala

Shows size and shape with less

distortion

Robinson projection

Violent storms in the South Pacific

Cyclone

Roads, bridges, and

communication which connects a

city or state

infrastructure

Mining is this country’s main

economic activity

Chile

Large waves that travel over the

oceans and seas and devastate

coastlines

tsunamis

The government of China is

___________________.

Communist

A small group of islands like

Hawaii.

archipelago

Main export of Chile

Copper

Climate and landforms

define __________________

regions.

physical

Chinatown in San Francisco is an

example of a _________region.

ethnic

Areas that share common characteristics

region

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