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| MR. HELP – Movement, Region, Human Environment Interaction, Location, and Place |
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| The circumstances, objects, or conditions by which one is surrounded |
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| the number of people in a city, country, or district per square mile |
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| Parts of the earth that share common characteristics |
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| Actions of moving from one place to another (push and pull factors); usually due to famine, disease, economic opportunity, technology, and war |
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| Establishment of a person in life as in a fixed place or a permanent residence |
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| a way of drawing a round earth on a flat map; Robinson/Mercator |
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| Physical (landforms) or cultural characteristics that define an area |
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| city or high-populated area |
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| small town or country; low populated area |
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| Enabling/changing something or someone to fit into a certain environment or situation (change house, clothing, tools) |
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| A country with a high level of education, effective government, and specialized jobs |
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| Like water, oil, natural gas, and coal |
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| Usual weather pattern of an area over a long period of time |
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| Condition of the earth’s atmosphere over a short period of time |
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| Height of land above sea level |
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| Prime Meridian, these lines touch at North and South poles |
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| Equator; these lines never touch |
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| how people produce goods/service; how they distribute them among themselves; and how they use them; Examples – markets (free enterprise/capitalism)/mixed/command/traditional |
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| (free enterprise/capitalism): consumers or citizens can choose their jobs and buy any type of goods and services |
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| Some businesses are owned by the government and others are owned by private citizens. |
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| The government owns the country’s resources and businesses. The government decides what goods should be produced; people’s choices of jobs, goods, and services are limited. |
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| People use the same work methods and tools that were used a long time ago; They do not produce enough goods to have a surplus to sell so they can not earn extra money to buy better equipment. This makes certain that the working method will never change. |
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| A money-less exchange of goods or services. |
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| Any object or material serving as a medium of exchange and a measure of value. |
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| A debt system enabling people to get goods/services before fully paying for them. |
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| A limited supply of a good or service; usually high prices. |
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| Where people, businesses, and countries rely on others to survive. |
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| Money made after the bills are paid; Sales Revenue – bills = profit. |
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| Commit money in order to gain a financial return. |
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| The amount of goods or services that can be made in a certain amount of time; increased with new knowledge, technology, and specialization. |
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| When one person does a specific job in a business. |
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| Where more than one person or business make a good or service. |
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| Amount of goods/services a business can make for a certain price. |
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| Amount of goods/services consumers want to buy at a certain price. |
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| Land(natural resources) + Labor(work done by people) + Capital (machines/tools) = goods/services/products |
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| Object bought that you take with you. |
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| Something paid for that other people do for you. |
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| A person who uses up any good or service from a producer. |
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| Maker of a good or service. |
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| A payment to the government. |
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| Tax placed on goods made, sold, and used within a country. |
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| Bringing in products from another country. |
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| Selling goods to another country. |
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| Something that prevents goods and people from moving in and out of an area. |
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| Stop buying or selling goods to another country; sometimes countries set up a blockade. |
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| Second choice; what was given up. |
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| When only one producer makes a product; leads to high prices; no competition. |
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| A way of life for a group of people including clothing, religion, art, food, tradition, government, language, and daily life. (CRAFTGOLD) |
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| High developed culture with a religion, government, and specialization. |
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| Usage or practice common to many or to a particular place, class, or individual. |
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| The words, their pronunciation, and the methods of combining them used and understood by a considerable community. |
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| An object made by humans that represents a culture. |
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| A strip of land connecting Alaska with Russia that emerged from underwater around 38,000 BC. |
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| A person who move to another country after leaving his or her homeland. |
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| Having a natural resistance to disease. |
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| A Spanish soldier and explorer who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain. |
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| aboveground houses made of a heavy clay called adobe that were built by Native Americans of the southwestern United States. |
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| cone-shaped shelters made of buffalo skins used by Native Americans in the Plains region. |
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| Images of ancestors or animal spirits; often carved onto tall, wooden poles by Native American peoples of the Pacific Northwest. |
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| Lived in Central America; had terrace farming, trades, built cities, religions, wrote hieroglyphics; finally destroyed by the Spanish. |
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| a type of farming that was developed first by the Inca people; this method of farming uses "steps" that are built into the side of a mountain or hill. |
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| Located near Mexico City; built causeways and aqueducts, trade, were religious; conquered by Cortes (Spanish). |
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| In South America Andes Mountains the empire had a military, government, farming, and bridges; conquered by the Spanish; developed terrace farming. |
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| Theory of government that holds that monarchy receives the right to rule directly from God and not from the people. |
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| System in which members of social classes are prevented from moving into other classes |
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| An opinion or view from a certain person or group. |
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| A group of the same race (African American, Caucasian, Asian) |
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| A disagreement, clash, fight, or struggle. |
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| Where 2 or more groups want the same thing. |
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| A small, elite group that has control of the government. |
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| A type of government where power comes from the people; can be direct or indirect. |
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| a government in which people elect officials to represent them; representative democracy. |
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| A form of government ruled by a single person and power is hereditary meaning it passes from parent to child. |
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| A political and economic system in which the major productive resources in a society—such as mines, factories, and farms—are owned by the government, and wealth is divided among citizens equally or according to individual need. |
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