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    This study guide provides a list of key vocabulary words and topics to know for a geography unit on North, Central, and South America. Students should learn the definitions of landform and climate-related terms like tributary, isthmus, elevation, polar, climate, sea level, tropical, archipelagoes, and the names of continents. They should also understand the differences between hills, mountains, plains, plateaus, and valleys. Additionally, the guide lists the five themes of geography and the three types of forests to be familiar with, and how climate, landforms, and population density vary around the world.

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    This study guide provides a list of key vocabulary words and topics to know for a geography unit on North, Central, and South America. Students should learn the definitions of landform and climate-related terms like tributary, isthmus, elevation, polar, climate, sea level, tropical, archipelagoes, and the names of continents. They should also understand the differences between hills, mountains, plains, plateaus, and valleys. Additionally, the guide lists the five themes of geography and the three types of forests to be familiar with, and how climate, landforms, and population density vary around the world.

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    This study guide provides a list of key vocabulary words and topics to know for a geography unit on North, Central, and South America. Students should learn the definitions of landform and climate-related terms like tributary, isthmus, elevation, polar, climate, sea level, tropical, archipelagoes, and the names of continents. They should also understand the differences between hills, mountains, plains, plateaus, and valleys. Additionally, the guide lists the five themes of geography and the three types of forests to be familiar with, and how climate, landforms, and population density vary around the world.

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    UNIT 1 STUDY GUIDE

    Vocabulary words to know:

    Tributary Isthmus

    Elevation Polar

    Climate Temperate

    Sea Level Tropical

    Archipelagoes Middle America

    Central America South America

    North America 4 different Hemispheres

    Other topics to know: 

    ➔ Know the definition and the differences between

    ◆ Hills

    ◆ Mountains

    ◆ Plains

    ◆ Plateaus

    ◆ Valleys
    ➔ Know the 5 Themes of Geography & have an understanding of what they are

    ◆ Location

    ● Absolute location

    ● Relative location

    ◆ Place

    ◆ Region

    ◆ Movement

    ◆ Human-Environment interaction

    ➔ What are the 3 types of forests

    ◆ What are the similarities and differences between the 3 types

    ➔ How does climate affect where and how people live their lives?

    ➔ How do landforms affect where people live?

    ➔ What is population density?

    ◆ What factors affect population density?

    ◆ Why are some areas of the world more densely populated than others?

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