absolute | perfect in quality or nature; complete; totally unlimited; certain |
climate | weather condition; atmosphere; environment |
compass rose | a circle showing the principal directions printed on a map or chart |
conserve | retain; protect from loss or harm; preserve; use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste |
consumer | people who buy goods or services |
country | an area outside of cities and towns; the territory occupied by a nation |
county | the largest administrative district within a state |
election | voting; balloting; right or ability to make a choice |
future | the time yet to come |
geographer | an expert on geography |
geography | study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation |
globe | body with the shape of a sphere, especially a representation of the earth in the form of a hollow ball |
government | the act of governing; exercising authority |
governor | head of a state government |
interdependence | interconnection; interrelation; dependence between two or more people, groups, or things |
landform | a natural feature of the earth's surface |
legend | explanatory list of symbols on a map; unverified story handed down from earlier times |
location | scene; site; place where something is or could be located |
map key | explanatory table of symbols used on a map or chart |
mayor | the head of a city government |
producer | someone who manufactures something |
relative | properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete |
replenish | fill or make complete again; add a new stock or supply to |
revenue | money which returns from an investment; annual income; reward |
rural | of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city |
scale | climb up or over; alter according to a standard; estimate or measure; remove in layers |
society | a formal association of people with similar interests; an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization |
state | the territory occupied by a nation |
suburban | relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs |
urban | metropolitan; of, relating to, or located in a city |
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