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43 Cards in this Set
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Agnostic
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dont believe there is a god or that you can know there is a god
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atheist
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dont believe in god
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polytheism
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believe in nmore than one god
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monotheism
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believe only one god exists
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thrology
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the study of gods or gods
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secular
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non religuous
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sacred
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holy of god
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devout
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fully committed/ devoted followers of a religion
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judaism
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born into (but can choose), believe their god is chosen race, 1/2 of the like in USA, torah is the holy book, sinagogue is their place of qorship, excedist, escaped slavery from eqyptians (pyramids), holocaust, 6 mil kills by nazis during WWI
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Budaism
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Budda is/was sid arthur (rich prints) enlightment, nirvana- freedom from al sufffering and rebirths cylcle, never try to answer if god exists.
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islam/ muslim
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god is allah, main prophe is mohammed, 20% of world population, fastest growing reliion, hagde, pilgrimmage to mecca (holy city), koran or kuran is the holy book, mosques are places of worship, ramadan month of no drinking or eating in daylight, geehad holy war by extremists,
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Christianity
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33% of all of them live in the USA, believe in the bible and the ten commandments, trinity is god, jesus, and holy spirt (all one god), christmas (when jesus was born of a virgin), easter (when jesus was crucified and resurrected), there are many types of denominations,
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hinuism
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mainly in india, believe in the recarnation (cycle of death, rebirth, death...) carma determines what you will be rebirthed as, brabraham is the main god but there are many more, temples are places of worship on hly days and festivals, believe cows are sacrewd, most hindus are veggies.
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what else is cluture other than values
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culture is the set of beliefs, values, and practices that a group of ppl have in common.
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Culture trait
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a culture trait is activity or behavior, in which ppl often take part
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culture region
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an area in which ppl have many shared culture traits
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ethnic group
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is a group of ppl who share a common culture and ancestry
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cultural diversity
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the state of having a variety of cultures in the same area
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the spread of culture traits of one region to another is called...?
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cultural diffusion
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population
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the total # of ppl in a given area.
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population density
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a measure of the # of ppl per sq. mi.
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birth rate
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the anual # of births/ 100 ppl
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migration
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proccess of moving from one place to another
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democracy
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a form of gov't in which the ppl elect leaders and rule by a majority
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communism
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a political stystem in which the gov't owns all prop., and dominats all aspects of life in a country, market economy, a system based on private ownership, free trade, and competition
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a command economy
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a systen in which the centeral gov't makes all ecomomic descisions.
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GDP
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stands for gross domestionj product, the value of all goods and services porduced within 1 yr.
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developed coutries
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are countries with strong economies and a high quality of life
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developoing countries
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countries with less productive economies and a lower quality of life
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3rd world
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coutries that are under developed
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monarchy
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the oldest type of gov't monarchy is ruler dirctly by a king or queen the head of a royal family and people have little say in gov't
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dictatorship
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a single powerful ruler has total control this leader often rules by force ppl who live under dictatorshipo are not free they have few rights and no say in their gov't
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natural increase
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birth rate - death rate
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people grow their food and make their own goods in which economic system?
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ppl do this in an market economy
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what is the most common economic system in the world
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market economy
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most command economys have what type of gov't?
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communist
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mediteranean climate
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mts or hills found on the WEST coast in middle latitudes summers are dry and warm winters are mild and wet.
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continental climate
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found on eat coast and in interiors of the upper middle latitudes have 4 distinct clear seasons with long winters and short summers
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mts. climate
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also called the highlands, wide range of temp. and precip. all depending on elavation and location of the mts.
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tropical climate
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beaches, in the higher middle latitudes (topic of cancer and capricorn), warm all year round with destinct rainy and dry seasons near the equator
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polar climate
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icy, also called tundra or sub arctic has extremely cold temps and freeszing long winters, short summers with little rain found in higher latitudes, near the north and ousth poles
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exatoprial climate
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green and lush, on or near the equator, warm with high amt. of rain yr round, and some monsoons create rainy seasons
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desert climate and stepp
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sandy, stepp is broder of desert, stepp is greener, desert in middle, sunny and dry, mainly on the 30 degree latitude line, avg. about 10 inches of rain annually. few plants, wide daily temps
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