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'''Geography Vocabulary''' | '''Geography Vocabulary''' | ||
* code for EXPAND/COLLAPSE functions: | |||
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* Click EXPAND to see list of important >> | |||
== Five Themes of Geography== | == Five Themes of Geography== | ||
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* Movement | * Movement | ||
* Human-Environment Interaction (Relationships within Places) | * Human-Environment Interaction (Relationships within Places) | ||
** Cultural Diffusion | |||
* See [Social Studies Skills] | |||
== Map terminology == | == Map terminology == | ||
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== Water bodies == | == Water bodies == | ||
=== bay === | === bay === | ||
=== canal === | === canal === | ||
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** "headland" is a "coastal landform," usually with a high point and cliffs | ** "headland" is a "coastal landform," usually with a high point and cliffs | ||
** "promontory" is a raised land body that extends into lower land or water | ** "promontory" is a raised land body that extends into lower land or water | ||
*** promontories are often used a defensive positions for forts and | *** promontories are often used a defensive positions for forts, castles and defensive positions | ||
*** a promontory in water is a peninsula | *** a promontory in water is a peninsula | ||
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* '''Cape Canaveral''' - Florida | * '''Cape Canaveral''' - Florida | ||
* '''Cape Cod''' - Massachusetts | * '''Cape Cod''' - Massachusetts | ||
* '''Cape Discord''' - Greenland | |||
* '''Cape of Good Hope''' - South Africa | * '''Cape of Good Hope''' - South Africa | ||
* '''Cape | * '''Cape Horn''' - Chile | ||
** southernmost headland, or tip of land, on Hornos Island, one of the Hermite Islands, the southernmost of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago at the southern tip of South America | |||
** northern boundary of the Drake Passage | |||
* '''Cape Kidnappers''' - New Zealand | |||
* '''Cape Three Forks''' - Morocco | * '''Cape Three Forks''' - Morocco | ||
* '''Cape | * ''' Cape Vert''' - Senegal; the westernmost point of Africa | ||
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Click EXPAND for a list of important capes | Click EXPAND for a list of important capes | ||
* See [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_(geography)#List_of_some_well-known_capes List of Well Known Capes (wiki)]] | * See [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_(geography)#List_of_some_well-known_capes List of Well Known Capes (wiki)]] | ||
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=== continent === | === continent === | ||
=== island === | === island === | ||
* | === archipelago === | ||
* a series of geographically proximate or geologically similarly island, usually formed in a chain or a cluster | |||
=== isthmus === | === isthmus === | ||
=== land-bridge === | === land-bridge === | ||
=== peninsula === | === peninsula === | ||
== World | == Major world regions per continent == | ||
=== Americas === | |||
* North America | |||
* Central America | |||
* South America | |||
* Caribbean | |||
=== Asia === | |||
* West Asia | |||
* East Asia | |||
* South Asia | |||
* Southeastern Asia | |||
=== Africa === | |||
* East Africa | |||
* North Africa | |||
* West Africa | |||
* Sub-Saharan Africa | |||
* South Africa | |||
=== Australia === | |||
=== Europe === | |||
* Eastern Europe | |||
* Western Europe | |||
* Scandinavia | |||
=== Other major regions terminology === | |||
* Eurasia | |||
* Mediterranean | |||
* | |||
== World oceanic regions == | |||
* Mediterranean | * Mediterranean | ||
* Arabian Sea | * Arabian Sea | ||
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* China Sea | * China Sea | ||
* North Sea | * North Sea | ||
* Macaronesia (Atlantic) | |||
=== Oceania === | === Oceania === | ||
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* Australasia | * Australasia | ||
* Melanesia | * Melanesia | ||
* Micronesia | * Micronesia | ||
* Polynesia | * Polynesia | ||
* | * List of independent nations of Oceania: | ||
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* Australia | |||
* East Timor | |||
* Federated States of Micronesia | |||
* Fiji | * Fiji | ||
* Indonesia | |||
** Only Papua, or Indonesian New Guinea is part of Oceania, whereas the rest of Indonesia is located in Southeast Asia | |||
* Kiribati | |||
* Marshall Islands | |||
* Nauru | |||
* New Zealand | |||
* Palau | |||
* Papua New Guinea | |||
* Samoa | |||
* Solomon Islands | |||
* Tonga | |||
* Tuvalu | * Tuvalu | ||
* | * Vanuatu | ||
* | * Also: | ||
** Cook Islands and Niue are "associated states" with New Zealand | |||
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* Click EXPAND to see list of independent nations of Oceana | |||
* See [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_Oceania List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Oceania (wiki)]] | |||
=== Macaronesia === | |||
* island region in Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal and West Africa | |||
** volcanic islands | |||
* Macaronesia consists of: | |||
* Azores islands | |||
** Portuguese territories | |||
* Canary Islands | |||
** Portuguese territories | |||
* Madeira islands | |||
** Spanish territories | |||
* '''Cape Verde''' | |||
** officially "Republic of Cabo Verde" | |||
*** it won independence from Portugal in 1975 | |||
*** a democratic republic | |||
** named for Cape Vert in Senegal, which is directly east of Cape Verde | |||
** consists of 10 volcanic islands | |||
=== Fun Facts ==- | === Fun Facts ==- | ||