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Global Studies I
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9th Grade
09/13/2011

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point of view
Definition

The perspective from which a speaker or writer recounts a narrative or presents information.

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primary source
Definition

actual records that have survived from the past, such as letters, photographs, articles of clothing

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secondary source
Definition

accounts of the past created by people writing about events sometime after they happened

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artifact
Definition
an object that has been intentionally made or produced for a certain purpose
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culture
Definition
the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particularsocial, ethnic, or age group
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oral tradition vs written tradition
Definition

a community's cultural and historical traditions passed down byword of mouth or example from one generation to anotherwithout written instruction vs history passed down verbally through stories

 

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region
Definition
An area or division, esp. part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries
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nuclear family
Definition
a family group consisting of a father and mother and their children, all exclusively sharing living quarters
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extended family
Definition
A family group that consists of parents, children, and other close relatives, often living in close proximity
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import
Definition

A commodity, article, or service brought in from abroad for sale

 

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export
Definition
Send (goods or services) to another country for sale
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plateau
Definition
An area of fairly level high ground
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plain
Definition
land with relatively low relief, that is flat or gently rolling
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peninsula
Definition

A piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water. 

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isthmus
Definition

A narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.

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archipelago
Definition
A group of islands
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steppe
Definition
A large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia
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latitude
Definition
The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes
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longitude
Definition

The angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes

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Mercator's projection
Definition

a map projection of the earth onto a cylinder; areas appear greater the farther they are from the equator.

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Peter's projection
Definition

 map projection known as the equal-area cylindric projection

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