Cut-out cards Matching sheet

Geography 4

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.

1. population
A. The extended spatial location of something (plural)
2. density
B. A social scientist who specializes in ___ (plural)
3. river
C. The period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world
4. history
D. The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
5. culture
E. An area near a fireplace
6. hearth
F. How tightly packed the matter in something is
7. renaissance
G. A society in an advanced state of social development (plural)
8. capitalism
H. The commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer
9. fertile
I. Spinning funnel of wind that touches the ground
10. civilizations
J. Study of what happened in the past
11. religion
K. The discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical
12. regions
L. The organized action of making of goods and services for sale
13. traditions
M. The state of existing in reality
14. subsistence
N. System of faith and worship
15. farming
O. Capable of reproducing
16. archaeologists
P. An anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture (plural)
17. industry
Q. The remains of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated
18. technology
R. An economic system based on private ownership of ___
19. machines
S. An inherited pattern of thought or action (plural)
20. distribution
T. A group's customs, art and way of life
21. tornado
U. A severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots
22. hurricane
V. Long stream of water flowing to the sea
23. fossil
W. The number of inhabitants in a given place
24. anthropologists
X. An efficient person (plural)