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| Study of the distribution and interaction of physical and human features on the Earth |
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| The exact place on Earth where a geographic feature is found |
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| The total of knowledge, attitudes and behaviors shared by and passed on by members of a group |
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| A group that shares a geographic region, a common language and a sense of indentity and culture |
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| Taking exsistant elements of society and creating something new to meet a need |
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| The spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior to different societies. |
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| The heartland of place of origin or a major culture; a site of innovations from which basic ideas, materials and technology diffuse to other cultures. |
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| The cultural change that occurs when individuals in a society accept or adopt an innovation |
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| The basic support system needed to keep an economy growing including power, communications, transportation, water, sanitation and education systems. |
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| The average amount of money earned by each person in a political unit. |
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| The total value of goods and services produced by a country in a period of time. |
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| The value of only goods and services produced within a country in period of time. |
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| A large grassy, treeless area in South America used for grazing and farming |
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| A savana that has a flat terrain and moderate rainfall which make it suitable for farming |
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| A vast area of grassland and rich soil in South Central South America |
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| An ancient technique for growing crops and hillside or mouthain slopes using step-like horizontal fields. |
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| An imortant trade agreement creating a huge zone or cooperation or trade in economic issue in North America |
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| A factory in Mexico that assembles imported materials into finished goods for export |
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| A style of music that began in Trinidad and combines musical elements from africa, spain and the carribean. |
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| A ship canal cut through Panama connecting the Carribean Sea with the Pacific Ocean |
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| A treaty between Spain and Portugal in 1491 that gave Portugal control over the land is present day Brazil |
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| A government run by a few persons or a small group |
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| A government run by generals after a military takeover |
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| A military dictator or a politcal boss |
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| The process of breaking up large landholdings to attain a more balanced land distribution among farmers |
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