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curiosity
economic/political
religion
improve/help
fantasy |
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people
technology
media images
capital (money)
ideologies (thoughts) |
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| 5 characteristics of culture |
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learned
binds people together
way of life
changes, moves, and flows
abstract and concrete dimension |
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materials
religion
language
work habits |
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| define cultural homogenity |
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| threats of cultutral homogenity |
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Definition
global corporations (McDonalds)
Transnational corporations (TNC) |
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| define transnational corporation (TNC) |
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| produce goods where labor and resources are cheapest, but no profit goes elsewhere |
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| interconnectedness of people and places through converging processes of economic, political, and cultural change. has many forms |
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| 5 global climate controls |
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Definition
solar energy/insolation
latitude
land/water interaction
pressure systems
wind patterns |
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| 4 major greenhouse gasses |
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Definition
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| global warming/climate change |
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Definition
| human pollution of lower atmosphere> increase in the greenhouse effect> warmer atmosphere |
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| water moisture, clouds, and gasses trap incoming and reradiated solar energy in the atmosphere making it warmer |
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| total value of goods/services produced within a country in one year |
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| earth made up of plates that move very slowly across the surface |
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| short term expression atmospheric processes |
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| long term, average atmospheric conditions |
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| near the equator. tropical climate. high temps. much rain |
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| deserts and steppes. little rain. large range of daily temps. |
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| mild mid-latitude climate |
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| humid subtropical, marine west coast, Mediterranean. warm dry summer, wet cool winter. |
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| continental mid latitude climate |
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Definition
| northern hemisphere. Canada, Siberia. middle of large continents. less precipitation. varying temps. |
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| near poles. permanent ice. freezing temps most of the year. |
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| in mountains. complex climate. glaciers. cold and rainy. |
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| inland. far from ocean. hot summers, cold winters. |
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| spread of desert conditions due to improper management of land (overcropped or grazed heavily). |
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| close to ocean. cool, cloudy summers, cold but not subfreezing winters. |
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Definition
| use of fertilizers and genetic engineering in agriculture |
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| solar energy directly from sun |
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Definition
| a common language agreed upon between people who speak different languages. (French in Africa) |
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Definition
| area with similar characteristics |
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| percentage of population living in cities |
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Definition
| formal rule of a foreign population |
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| northern hemisphere more developed than southern |
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| physical, material expression of human settlement |
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Definition
| coincides with cultural divides |
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| straight line. unrelated to culture etc. |
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| grow only enough to survive on. none to sell. |
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| prediction of areas that will have severe water shortage |
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Term
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| under Great Plains. from south dakota to texas supplies water for drinking and irrigation. diminishing. |
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Definition
| underground layer of rock where fresh water can be extracted. |
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| things original settlers brought to Tahiti |
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Definition
coconuts,
taro,
bread fruit,
bananas |
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Term
| things Europeans brought to Tahiti |
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Definition
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Term
| culture change in Tahiti due to arrival of Europeans |
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Definition
| introduced to scarcity. taught to trade. |
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| Tahiti's importance in world economy |
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Definition
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| Tahiti in Western imagination |
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Definition
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| purpose of Tahiti lecture |
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Definition
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| disadvantages of bottled water |
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Definition
expensive
hurts the environment
production uses fossil fuels
less health testing than tap |
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