1. A formal or functional region within which common cultural characteristics prevail?

2. The observation that all aepects of a culture are interconnected; no part can be altered without impact upon the other culture traits?

3. The art and science of making maps?

4. A narrow strait of water between two land masses that connects two larger water bodies. Also, the bed of a river?

5. A map line along which all points are equal elevation above or below a datum line, usually mean sea level?

6. The nucleus of a region or country, the main center of its industry, commerce, population etc.?

7. The rain or snow that is produced when moist air of one mass is forced to rise over the edge of another?

8. The dividing line for a continent that determines which ocean precipitation will flow into eventually?

9. The heart of a city, the downtown center of commerical activity?

10. An independent political entity, also known as an independent state or nation-state?