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| Location, Place, Human Environmental, Movement, & Region |
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The use of INTERDEPENDENCE to freely exchange thoughts and ideas.
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traditionalism: following longtime practices and opposing many modern technologies and ideas. OPPOSING GLOVALIZATION
fundamentalism: any movememnt in which ppl believe in strictly following certain established principles/teachings. opposes and slows down globalization |
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| An imaginary line that cuts the world into 2 halfs (divides top and bottom). This is the place with the most sunlight. |
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| The statistical study of human populations. (# of ppl in certain places). This could be used to study a place to know how many ppl live there, that can judge if it's a common place to live. (see demography graph) |
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| sanitation, job portential, population, expenses, safety, transportation, education, and technology. |
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Where it is (absolute and relative)
absolute: latitude/ longitude EXACT (123 wildcat drive)
relative: in relation to another site. (by fox valley mall. Next to the NP Library) |
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What is there? (physical and human characteristics)
physical: landforms, climate, vegetation (old faithful, mediterranean)
Human: religion, languages, demography (Lutheran, Spanish) |
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People interaction with the earth (land affecting ppl, ppl changing land)
land affecting ppl: adaptation, scarcity, natural disasters (amont of plant life, hurrican katrina)
ppl changing the land: technology, pollution (highways, smog, litter) |
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ppl interacting on the earth (WHAT MOVES?)
transporation, travel, migration, push/pull factors (cruises to bahamas, trains, cars) |
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Organizing the earth's spaces (cultural and physical characteristics)
cultural: ethnicity, religion, economy (caucasion, christinas, $$)
physical: landforms, boundaries (uluru, smokey mtns) |
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| All the features of ppl way of life (learned and passed down through teaching, ex, and imitation. Imp- make ppl who they are. ex- language, religion, clothes, family life, food, gov, beliefs, institutions, values, technologies, skills, architecture, and economics.) |
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| An idea or innovation spread from 1 person/group to anothers. imp- connection worldwide. ex- jazz |
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| Activities and behaviors that ppl often take part in. imp- lifestyles. ex- read, math, alphabets, silberware, chopsticks, finger food... |
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| An organized group of ppl associated together for religion, culture, etc. imp- grouping, organization. ex- society of naperivlle, church community. |
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| shared beliefs about wat is right/wrong and good/bad. imp-things tthat direct us in our life. ex- preserving the earth, community service, religion, patriotism, peace/pacifist. |
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| A viewpoint on a certain subject. imp-opinions. ex- or soldiers= heroes, other countires soldiers= enemies |
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| When someone judges another ethnic group by the standards of their own ethnic group. Imp-believing their ethnicity is better than others. BAD. ex- whites "better than" black in south |
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| Denial of equal treatment to individuals based on their group membership. (talking/action taken!) ex- "serve whites only!" |
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| A general dislike or liking of a particular group, race or religion. (an emotional reaction) ex- segregation |
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| Mental image of certain groups of ppl (thought) imp-uncontrollably organizing ppl mentally. ex- dumb blondes, smart asians, lazy skaters... |
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| Separating ppl of diff groups. ex- whites v. blacks |
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| The hatred or intolerance of another race. ed- wwII (killing jews b/c hitler hated them) |
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| Variety/ diff between ppl. ex- race, religion, gender, ancestry |
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| Race. ex- caucasion, african american, asian, indian, lebanese... |
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| # of babies per yr for every 1000 ppl in an area |
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| # of deaths per yr for every 1000 ppl in an area |
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| How long the average person in a specific area is expected to live |
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| amount of babies that don't survive their first yr |
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| same amount of ppl die as amount of babies born |
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| % of ppl in an area who can read and write |
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| ppl who come to a new country |
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| something that causes ppl to leave/emigrate. ex- lost job, volcanoes, hurricane katrina, war |
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| something that attracts ppl to a location. (immigrate) ex- better job, higher pay, safety, freedom, physical geography |
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| forced to leave and can't return (usually due to war, etc.) |
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| average # of ppl living in an area (persons per square mile or square kilometer) |
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| Low GDP + GDP/capita, subsistence farming, PYRAMID SHAPED POP PYRAMID |
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| Mid GDP + GDP/capita, birth rate decreasing, newly industrializing country, BIG BULDGE POP PYRAMID |
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| High GDP + GDP/capita, low birth rate or ZPG, service-based economy, STRAIGH POP PYRAMID |
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| Gross Domestic Product per person |
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| Purchasing Power Property. Can measure the standard of living (higher # = more developed)How much is our $ WORTH?? |
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| land that can be used for growing crops |
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| famers focus on grouwing only enough food to feed their faily |
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| Walking in the hallway, see a black guy and think: "he likes fried chicken and cool aid" |
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| Walking in the hallway, see a black guy and think "i hate him" |
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| imaginary lines going from east to west across the globe |
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| imaginary lines going from north to south across the globe |
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| a longitude of 0°, adopted officially in 1884 as a reference line from which longitude east and west are measured and as a basis for standardized time zones. It passes through Greenwich, England. Together with its opposite meridian having a longitude of 180°, divide the Earth roughly into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres |
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| One of the two parallels of latitude representing the points farthest north and south at which the Sun can shine directly overhead- this is the northern tropic |
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| One of the two parallels of latitude representing the points farthest north and south at which the Sun can shine directly overhead- this is the southern tropic |
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| 2.Either the northern or southern half of the Earth as divided by the equator, or the eastern or western half as divided by a meridian, especially the prime meridian. |
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| Irregularity of maps due to the fact that the earth is round and paper is flat. |
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| a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under, or move past adjacent plates. |
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| the theory that the earth's continents move gradually over the surface of the planet on a substratum of magma. |
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| the hypothetical landmass that existed when all continents were joined, from about 300 to 200 million years ago. |
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| The movements of plates; see plate tectonics |
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| Tectonic plates colliding (convergent) and one plate slids under the other |
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| A crack made from 2 plates diverging; fault |
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Diagram of continental plates:
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| A fracture in a rock formation along which there has been movement of the blocks of rock on either side of the plane of fracture. Caused by plate-tectonic forces. |
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| The linear zone of seismic and volcanic activity that coincides in general with the margins of the Pacific Plate. |
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| The various mechanical and chemical processes that cause exposed rock to decompose |
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| The process by which the surface of the earth is worn away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves, etc. |
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| The movement of the weathered/eroded rock, etc. |
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| a mountain or hill, usually having a cuplike crater at the summit, formed around such a vent from the ash and lava expelled through it. |
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| a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons |
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| A group or chain of islands |
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| a nearly flat plain of alluvial deposit between diverging branches of the mouth of a river, often, though not necessarily, triangular. ex: the Nile |
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| Land that has 3 sides surrounded by water. ex- FL |
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| A region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all. ex: The Sahara |
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| a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 ft. |
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Latitude: sun's most direct rays are in the tropics, farther from the equator means colder climate.
Altitude: 3 degrees cooler for ever 100 ft of altitude
Near a large body of water: ocean currents, water retains heat.
~Lake effect: lakes and oceans make it warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer
Direction of the wind: wind changes temp dependin on where it comes from
THIS HELPS US TO PREDICT THE CLIMATE |
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| the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth and occurring about March 21 and September 22 |
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| either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21- longest day, or about December 22- shortest day. |
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| Make it warmer or cooler depending on where the air is coming from |
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| A factor to predicting climate |
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| an increase in the earth's average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may result from the greenhouse effect. |
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| the application of this effect to a planet's atmosphere; carbon dioxide and some other gases in the planet's atmosphere can absorb the infrared radiation emitted by the planet's surface as a result of exposure to solar radiation, thus increasing the mean temperature of the planet |
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Mtns make it rain on the left side of the mtn, and its a desert on the other side.
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| Relating to a natural resource, such as petroleum or a mineral ore, that cannot be replaced once it has been extracted or procured. |
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| Relating to a natural resource, such as solar energy, water, or wood, that is never used up or that can be replaced by new growth. |
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| the natural wealth of a country, consisting of land, forests, mineral deposits, water, etc. |
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| clearing forests; destroying trees |
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| the rapid depletion of plant life and the loss of topsoil at desert boundaries and in semiarid regions, usually caused by a combination of drought and the overexploitation of grasses and other vegetation by people |
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| any naturally occurring carbon or hydrocarbon fuel, such as coal, petroleum, peat, and natural gas, formed by the decomposition of prehistoric organisms |
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| 5 themes: climate graphs? |
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| Alluvial fans are to mtns as deltas are to |
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| 5 themes: trasporting oil |
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| Solar power and forests are examples of wat? |
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| Oil and natural gas are examples of wat? |
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| The breaking down and decay of rocks over a period of time |
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| The movement of sediment from one place to another |
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| What happens to rocks when they are exposed to the elements? |
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| The smallest of 5 world oceans, mostly Russians', large mineral, oil, and natural gas deposits, but covered in ICE |
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| Major trade route for exporting Russian oil, but 45% of surface area covered with ice affecting trade and transportation |
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| Connects to the mediterranean sea and the Atlantic ocean, caviar, WARM WATER PORTS, year-round access for imports and exports!!!!!!!!! |
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| Used to irrigate the desert and produce cotton, but OVERUSED = 10% of original size left!!!!! |
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| deepest lake in the world |
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| Longest and largest river in Europe. Major transportation, tourism, and trade route! Manyyyy ports! Lots of fish! Suffers from industrial pollution, and slight over-irrigation |
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| HUGE MTN RANGE. Mining & Oil. why?? Gold, silver, oil, platinum, iron, and topaz are just a few of the minerals! |
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| Region in NW Asia, HUGE, frozen, barren |
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| A seaport founded by Peter the Great (see czars) |
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| the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia. |
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| the area in a governing system concerned with areas that affect the entire nation, such as defense, international relations, taxation, and trade |
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| to influence with ideas, customs, practices, etc., characteristic of the Occident or of the western U.S |
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| Least political freedom + civil liberties. Dictator makes all rules. They seize it with military force. 1 ruler. ex- Nazi, Germany |
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| Decisions made by dictator or small group of ppl. They gain power by military force. ex- midieval Europe |
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| Government decisions made fair and freely. Restricted by written documents/constitutions. They gain power by elections. ex- America |
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| Ppl make their own decisions. Rulers gain power by vote individual person on individual law. ex- greece |
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| "Public ownership." The government makes all decisions and own everything: land, factories, and businesses. |
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| "public and private ownership." Gov plays big role in economic decisions. owns some land, factories, and businesses. both ppl and gov own stuff/products. |
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| A private citizen owns the products, but the gov makes laws and regulations concerning the products. Ppl own the products, but the gov are in charge of them. AKA: Free market economy |
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| "Hands off." Gov should play no role in economic decisions. Land, factories, and businesses own by private individuals. Ppl own the products and make own decisions. |
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| to force ppl to be more russian |
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| A country that has power b/c of its natural resources. ex- Saudia Arabia w/ oil |
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| controlled most of the media, won presidency by propaganda. Too much control! Authoritarian. |
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| A place that wishes to separate from their country and become their own country |
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| Wished to break away from russia; see separatism |
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| Nuclear accident (HUGE radiation problem!!) |
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| 1st Czar? characteristics? |
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| Ivan the Terrible- Ruled by military force. Kept ppl living in fear. |
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| 2nd Czar? accomplishments? |
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| Peter the Great- St. Petersburg & Westernization |
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| 3rd Czar? Accomplishments? |
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| Catherine the Great- Westernization, education reform, got a port for Russia on the Black sea. |
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| Nicholas II, no accomplishments... |
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| Distribution of wealth in Russia?? |
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| 36 billionaires, but the average income is less than $300 a month. |
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| Environmental Degradation |
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| A strait or river that could easily be blocked off |
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| Not plentiful. ex- not many natural resources in Middle East besides Oil |
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| Taking the salt out of salt water b/c no freshwater is available. EXPENSIVE. Common in Middle East. |
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| A bunch of countries that have oil. They control the oil prices, and the amount of oil produced and sold. (Supply and Demand) |
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1. Allah is the only God
2. Pray 5 times
3. must pay Zagat to the gov (charity)
4. A muslim must fast for the month of Ramadan
5. Hajj- pilgrimage to Mecca |
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| Less common form of Islam. Must be passed down from relatives of Muhammad. |
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| More common form of Islam. Get to choose. |
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| the belief that Jews should get their own land to call home |
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| Jews leave their land (for protection) |
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| The Jewish race, but don't necessarily practice Judaism. |
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| Israel/Palestinian Conflict |
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| Fighting over the land... |
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