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Chapter 1
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Geography
8th Grade
09/30/2009

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Term
History
Definition
A record of the past
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Geography
Definition
The study of people, places, and the environment
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Government
Definition
The people and groups within a society that have the authority to make laws, to make sure they are carried out, and to settle disagreements about them
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Citizen
Definition
A legal member of a country
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Economics
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The study of how people manage their resources by producing, exchanging, and using goods and services
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Scarcity
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The conflict between people's desires and their limited resources
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Culture
Definition
Consists of the beliefs, customs, laws, art, and ways of living that a group of people share
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Culture Trait
Definition
Each kind of food, clothing, or technology, each belief, language, or tool shared by a culture
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Culture Region
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An area of the world in which many people share similar beliefs, history, and languages
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Interdependence
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Decisions and events in one part of the world affect other parts
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