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| ability of a state to control its territory |
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independent, permanently populated, defined territory, sovereign
FUNCTIONAL REGION |
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group of people
common culture, occupy territory, strong sense of unity
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state whose territory concedes with distinct nation
population shares sense of cohesion |
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| contains more than one nation |
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nationality expands over many states
nation dispersed across 2 or more states |
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| geographic characteristics |
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| compact, prorupt, elongated, perforated, and fragmented |
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| absolute, relative and landlocked |
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| recognizable physiographic feature |
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| before cultural landscape develops |
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| after cultural landscape develops |
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identification and acceptance of national goals
a centripetal force |
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| schools, money, flag, religion |
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several local primary allegiances
centrifugal force |
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| nationalities have right to govern themselves in their own state |
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| strong identification of political control |
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| strong identification with a region |
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| decentralization of political conrtol |
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social system involving set of beliefs and practices
used to seeks harmony with universe
attempt to influence the forces of nature |
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| claim applicability to all humans, seek to transmit or proselytize to all lands |
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Christianity
Islam
Buddhism |
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| strong territorial and cultural group identification |
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| special forms of ethnic religious distinguished by small size, localized culture, and ties to nature |
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animism (life exists in all objects)
shamanism (shaman has special powers with the spirit world) |
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| rejection or indifference to religion or religious beliefs |
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| locale recognized as worthy of devotion, esteem, fear or to extent is becomes sought out, avoided, removed from economic use |
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roads
warfare
printing press
missionary societies
radio and television |
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| part of adaptive strategy relationship of environmental factors on development of religion |
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| configurations of terrain |
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deliberately planted, protected and cared
genetically distinct, selective breeding, isolated from inferior, process over many years |
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| stationary group, biological diversity locale, experimentation, hilly with various environmental niches |
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| dependent on humans for food and shelter, different in behavior, controlled breeding |
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| affected by temp and precipitation |
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mineral particles, organic matter, air
smallest is clay, largest is sand |
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| natural vegetation not generally good for agriculture, clearing follows |
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| process human actions render productive lands into deserts |
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| natural forage, requires most land, in decline |
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| shifting cultivation (swidden) |
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| rotating fields instead of crops, 2-3 years of farming, 10-30 years fallow, intercropping, raised fields |
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| Confined Area Feeding Operations |
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| landscape observer, distance from market causes cost to go up |
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| minimize risk, social equity, new england area |
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| transportation and plowing, equity, mountain and valleys |
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| reflects quick land division, expanding areas |
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| use of natural features, virginia, loss of landmarks |
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