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If there are acceptable costs of an exchange, then ______ conditions are met. - ANS transferability Transferability is a function of the ______, the ______, and the ______. - ANS 1) characteristics and value of the product 2) the distance, measured in time and money penalties, over which it must be moved 3) the ability of the commodity to bear the costs of movement __________ is contact between places; it means the movement of people, ideas, and commodities from place to place. - ANS spati...

The two principal river systems located in south central Australia are called - ANS Darling Murray Combined, Australia and New Zealand make up the region known as _____. - ANS Australasia The area known as Oceania consists of three primary regions. What are they? - ANS Polynesia Micronesia Melanesia Roald Amundsen is credited with being the first explorer to reach _____. - ANS The South Pole Easter Island is known for its _____. - ANS mysterious stone figures carved from lava. While ther...

World in spatial terms and absolute and relative. - ANS This element identifies where a place is located on earth. Their are two kinds of locations, what are they? Clue: one is exact the other explains where a place is in location to another. Places and regions. - ANS This element involves areas that often group into regions and are based on human or physical characteristics they have in common. Physical systems - ANS The type of climate and animal/plant life. THINK THIS IN YOU HEAD: Whats ...

Altiplano - ANS a broad, high plateau that lies between the ridges of the Andes South America archipelago - ANS A group or chain of islands canopy - ANS Dense covering formed by the leafy tops of tall rain forest trees Pampas - ANS A grasslands region in Argentina and Uruguay Patagonia - ANS A large platuea in southern Chile and Argentina plateau - ANS A large area of flat land elevated high above sea level rain forest - ANS Dense forest that receives high amounts of rain each year

Spanish geography A LEVEL Costa Rica Many consider Costa Rica a very special place. Its residents, Ticos, are polite, peaceful, and extremely friendly. Costa Rica has no army and prides itself on having more teachers than polive officers. Costa Rica is a county of sun-drenched beaches in the Pacific, tropical jungles along the carribian coast , cosmopolitan cities such as San José, and high mountains on the Central Valley. Costa Rica is a tourist paradise as well as home to many expatriate...

A long, thin strip of land-locked land attached to a larger area is known as a peninsula. - ANS false Rainfall on the leeward side of the Rockies is reduced. Such an area is known as a _____. - ANS rain shadow Match the letter with the name of the place it represents on the map. - ANS Lake Superior - ANS A Missouri River - ANS B Ozark Mountains - ANS C Badlands - ANS D Great Plains - ANS E Sierra Nevadas - ANS F Great Salt Lake - ANS G Grand Canyon - ANS H

Piedmont - ANS The area that lies between the Atlantic plain and the Appalachians Appalachians - ANS The oldest mountain range on the North American continent Mt. McKinley - ANS The highest mountain in the United States Rockies - ANS Location of the continental divide where waters flow in different directions Fall line - ANS The location of rapids and waterfalls located where the higher land of the Piedmont drops into the Atlantic coastal plain. Missouri - ANS The longest river in the Unit...

Which of the following are a part of the GPS "system"? (Mark all that apply) - The internet - Satellites - Radio Telescopes - GPS receivers - ANS The internet and GPS receivers Lines of latitude ____. - ANS are parallel to each other Indicate if the geographical coordinates below are lines of Latitude. (Mark all that apply). - E 10 25' 41.3" - S 18 09' 30.3" - N 34 08' 44.9" - W 118 07' 02.3" - ANS S 18 09' 30.3" N 34 08' 44.9" Who originally developed the GPS we use to...

absolute location - ANS exact location of a place on earth described by global coordinates relative location - ANS the regional position or situation of a place relative to the position of other places cultural diffusion - ANS The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another middle latitudes - ANS the area approximately midway between the Equator and the North Pole or South Pole Norther - ANS icy wind that blows in quickly from the North elevation - ANS height of ...

archipelago - ANS a group or chain of islands canal - ANS long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation canyon - ANS deep and narrow valley with steep walls cape - ANS a strip of land projecting into a body of water reservoir - ANS lake used to store water for community use plateau - ANS an area of high, flat land delta - ANS flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth reef - ANS a submerged ridge of rock or coral nea...