Page 1 Vocabulary Word Bank

1. Page 1 Vocabulary Word Bank dam erosion windward flood desertification leeward reservoir Archipelago volcano doldrums Push factor Renewable Pull factor hydroelectric Per capita subsistence North Pole landlocked equator Relative location Mental map Ghost towns

2. Page 2 Vocabulary Word Bank Satellite pictures Robinson Absolute location scale distortion cartographer arable rainforest English Francophone Fossil fuels mosque entrepreneur synagogue Red Cross/ Red Crescent Primary Activity earthquake smog Continental divide oasis monotheistic Low countries easterlies weather Mental map Ring of Fire Acid rain

3. Page 3 Vocabulary Word Bank desert General Purpose Map Skilled labor Natural resource Tropic of Cancer precipitation Secondary Activity Compass rose Canal International Date Line Thematic Latitude Comparative Advantage Mercator Tropical Wet Boundary lines Law of the Sea igloos climate irrigation polar Physical Map nationalism South Pole

4. Page 4 Vocabulary Word Bank tornado Deforestation Arctic Circle GDP/GNP Westerlies tradewinds Longitude Greenwich Meridian Delta Political Map Oral Traditions Antarctic Circle Subarctic Climate Wadis South America Developing Country Per Capita Literacy Rate Site/Absolute Location Imperialism Archipelago Tropic of Capricorn Tertiary Situation Chinatown Managerial Skills North Atlantic Treaty Organization

5. Page 5 Vocabulary Word Bank St. Lawrence Hurricane Sun Belt Rio Grande wheat belt Colorado River Great Plains Quebec Bazaars/suqs/souks Erie Canal Fall Line United Nations Aleutian Islands Richmond multinational corporation Escarpments Rust Belt English/French Virginia Capitol Building New York Stock Exchange Bilingual White House/Washington Mon. Omaha, NE & Sacramento, CA Exxon Valdez

6. Page 6 Vocabulary Word Bank Copper Amazon Shantytowns Rio de Janeiro Machu Picchu Chunnel Portuguese Tikal London Madrid tierra caliente Atacama Sierra Madres Peace Corps fjords European Union Venice Hacienda pampas & llanos Mexico City Thames River Berlin Gauchos Panama Canal tierra templada

7. Page 7 Vocabulary Word Bank Greenland Ob River Aral Sea Mediterranean Ruhr River Valley Eiffel Tower Cyprus Istanbul, Turkey Po River Valley Northern Ireland Polders Urals Matrioshka Fertile Triangle Black Forest Commonwealth of Nations wheat Rome Warsaw chalet castles Eurasia Samovars Switzerland(2 times) Industrial Revolution

8. Page 8 Vocabulary Word Bank Baghdad(2) Sahara taiga water Middle East Chernobyl Khartoum Victoria Falls Samarkand, Uzbekistan Arabs OPEC Cote d’Ivoire(Ivory Coast) Aswan High Dam Suez Canal Six Day War/Israel-Syria Arabian Gulf League of Arab States Kurdistan Capetown, South Africa Islam(Muslims) Timbuktu, Mali Jerusalem

9. Page 9 Vocabulary Word Bank Varanasi, India African Union Mt. Fuji Sudan atolls ASEAN savanna typhoon People’s Republic of China Hindu Green Revolution caste system Rice Monsoons Huang He/China’s Sorrow Angkor Wat Kashmir Burundi/Rwanda Taj Mahal Yurts Korean War Huang He Ghats Nationalists/Communists

10. Page 10 Vocabulary Word Bank penal colony Great Dividing Range fale Maori coral islands thatched roof continental Antarctica Treaty ranching Sydney Opera House Aborigines Xi’An Burma Great Barrier Reef