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| roles assigned specifically to men or women in a culture |
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| Referring to a city setting;Usually has high po population density and Diverse cultures |
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| Mountian range that runs thrwest western Russia and is considered to be the dividing line between Europe and Asia |
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| Containing a mixture of people and cultures |
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| Divisions of A culturespeople based on wealth,power, and prestige |
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| Refers to how easy or how hard it ichange on ones social class within a culture. |
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| Region where people share common cultural characteristics. |
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| Area defined by one function that may cross political boundaries. Often they are organized around a focalpoint such as a city. |
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| Based on people's attitudes and emotions about a place. Ex:The "Deep South" |
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| Region that lies at the crossreloads of Europe, Asia, and Africa . |
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| Canal that connects the Mediterranean sea with the red sad and shortens The traveling distance between Europe and Asia. |
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| To all of the America's south of the United States it has 4 main areas, Mexico, Central America, The West Indies, and South America |
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| An important human-made feature intheirsregion that goes through tis isthmus of Panama joining the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and serves as a major route for international trade |
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| The areas of Africa south of the Sahara desert. Many different ethnic groups with animistic, Christian and Islamic regions; many affected by slave trade and colonization |
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| The Pacific islands of New Zealand (colonized by the British) and other smaller nations such as Tahiti that are spread across the south pacific |
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| The movement of greater numbers ofpeople into cities |
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| Human factOrs affect where people settle! Like having the capital at a central location; location along central routes; located along transport routes; new technology overrides physical barriers! And natural resourcesscan attract settlers to an otherwise unfavorable area |
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| How many people live in a given area |
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| A visual thacompared as the number of males and females in society and includes the average ageS of its members. Each group will be represented by a different bar |
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| A slum settlement where poor people live in dwellings madefrom scrap materials such as plywood,coregulated metal and plastic sheets |
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The major reasons that either "push " people out of their old location and "pull" factors lure migrants to a new location.
Ex: poverty, political conflict, environmental faresorts, oppression
Ex: pull- Freedom, economic opportunity, cultural ties |
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| Concern how peopleorganize into groups such as religious groups |
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When they need to migrate due to persecution for being members of a Particular ethnic group
Ex: Rwandans had to flee to neighboring countries to avoid being massacred |
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| 76. Religious persecution |
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| When religious minorities have to leave a place due to their beliefs. |
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| 77. Environmental factors |
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| Migration due to the environment, Like a drought, Crop failures! Floods, fires, earthquakes That force people to migrate |
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| When a migration is forced like the Atlantic slave trade. This migration was accompanied by war And the persecution oF peoplthroughout history |
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Natural features that We're once a migration To human migration
Ex: mountains, deserts |
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| a natural feature where people used to be able to walk from one land mass to another, like across the Bering Strait now that used to be a land bridge from Asia to North America ( Alaska area) |
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how something diffuses or spreads
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| (Cultural Diffusion) when ideas, products, and even cultural traits can spread from one culture to another. |
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| when new plants, animals, ideas and even diseases were exchanged between the peoples of the Americas and those of Europe. |
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when different cultures exchange ideas and become more similar.
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| when different cultural influences cause an area to divide into separate parts. |
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| an epidemic over a wide geographic area |
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| -these societies prefer to do things much as their ancestors have done |
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-the spread of ideas, good, technologies, and cultural traits from one society to another.
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| when a dominant group tries to completely eliminate a religious or ethnic group -The mass murder of a people. |
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| the use of threats of terror against innocent civilians to gain attention and achieve a group’s aims |
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the use of materials, tools, and skills to meet human needs.
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| 92.Technological Innovation |
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-the development of new technologies
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| a spatial information system that merge information from satellites and land base sources. |
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| the removal of salt from ocean water |
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| 95.Constitutional Monarchy |
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| kingdom in which the ruler’s powers are limited by a constitution |
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| a form of government in which people vote on policy initiatives directly |
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| 97.Reprasintative Democracy |
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government where the people rule through elected representatives
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| government in which an individual or groups holds complete power |
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ability of a person or group to determine the policy of a government to serve their individual or group interest
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| a geographic area that is run by a specific government and has its own laws; there are various levels of political regions, such as: a country, a state, districts within a state, and cities within a state |
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| a unit of territory defined by boundaries set by political authority and usually having a separate political organization |
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lines that separate one country, state, province, etc., from another
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| the supreme, absolute, and uncontrollable power by which an independent state is governed and from which all specific political powers are derived; the intentional independence of a state, combined with the right and power of regulating its internal affairs without foreign interference |
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| 104.International Relations |
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| a branch of political science concerned with relations between nations and primarily with foreign policies |
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an equilibrium of power sufficient to discourage or prevent one nation or party from imposing its will on or interfering with the interests of another
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an international organization of countries set up in 1945, in succession to the League of Nations, to promote international peace, security, and cooperation
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an economic and political association of European countries as a unit with internal free trade and common external tariffs
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| 108.Decision Makeing Process |
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| a process of intelligence, design, and choice activities that result in the selection of a particular course of action |
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the course of action (or inaction) taken by the state with regard to a particular issue
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the spatial property of the position from which something is observed
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| the ideas, customs, and social behavior of a of a particular nation, people, or other social group |
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love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
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the belief that people should be loyal to their nation
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| the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management |
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an expert in economics who understands systems of production and distribution and consumption
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| the way people produce and exchange goods |
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the fact that humanity does not possess the resources to fulfill everybody’s wishes, desires and needs all at once and all of the time; this leads to disagreements, or conflicts, between individuals and groups over how the finite resources should be distributed
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an economy based on agriculture, with others in society working in simple crafts, such as the manufacturing of cloth or pottery
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| when people raise just enough food or animals to meet their own needs |
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| small-scale business or manufacturing activity that can be carried on at home by family members using their own equipment |
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| 121.Free Interprise System |
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economic system in which private individuals own most of the resources, technology, and businesses and can operate them with little government control
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| an economic system in which the means of productions and distribution are privately owned and operated for a private profit; decisions regarding supply, demand, price, distribution, and investments are made by private actors in the market rather than by central planning by the government. |
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| a financial gain, especially the difference between the amount earned and the amount spent in buying, operating, or producing something |
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| an economic model of price determination in a market; it concludes that in a competitive market, the unit price for a particular good will vary until it settles at a point where the quantity demanded by consumers (at current price) will equal the quantity supplied by producers (at current price), resulting in an economic equilibrium of price and quantity |
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| 125.Commercial Industries |
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| economic activities concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories for the purpose of making a profit |
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| The government owns and operates all businesses. A plan is developed by the government, and factory managers are given quotas to meet based upon the national plan. |
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| The government owns and operates many basic industries, while other businesses are privately owned. |
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| Most countries have economies that blend features of each of the other types of economies. |
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| 129.Human Developement Index |
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| Developed by the United Nations to measure a country’s level of economic development. THE HDI takes into account demographic, economic, social, and political indicators to determine the level of economic development and standards of living of the people in a nation. |
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| A country where most people are engaged in primary economic activities such as agriculture and mining. |
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| A country where large numbers of people are engaged in secondary economic activities, mainly manufacturing |
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| Like the U.S. Most workers are engaged in tertiary or quaternary economic activities, such as performing services or processing information |
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| The total value of all goods and services produced by a nation in a year. |
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| GDP/total population in a country. Reflects the total value of all goods and services produced by a nation in a year by an average person |
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| 135.Infant Mortality Rate |
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| The number of infants who die for every thousand births. Closely related to the level of medical care available when an infant is born. |
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Percentage of people in a country who can read and write.
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| The most basic economic activities in all societies involve the production of foods and the extraction of resources |
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