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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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