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54 Cards in this Set
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Resources are things that are _____ to people.
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Useful
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Some natural renewable resources?
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wind, solar, water, wave.
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what does renewable mean?
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something that can be used over and over again.
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______ - heat from onside the earth
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Geothermal
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What are sustainable resources?
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these replace themselves and are not used faster than they can be replaced.
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some sustainable renewable resources?
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wood, fish, soil.
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Non-renewable resources are?
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can only be used once, and cant be replaced.
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some non renewable resources are?
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oil, Natural gas, coal.
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__________- extract raw materiald from the earth.
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Primary
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__________- manufacture the primary products
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Secondary
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__________- provide a service
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Teritary
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__________- provide information and expertise
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Quaternary
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Some secondary sources.
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newspaper, stamp, titanic movie, text book.
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primary sources are ______ written accounts by first hand witnesses or objects from the time.
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historical documents
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______ are accounts of past events created some time after the event actually happened.
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secondary source
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____ is an idea about someone or something based solely on opinion.
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Bias
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Some people believe all teenagers are selfish. this is?
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a stereotype
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what is Prejudice?
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holding opinions mainly against age, race, religion, gender, or similar characteristics.
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benefited from the transatlantic slave trade?
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all industries (North & South) benefited from the trade. Examples: shipbuilders, sail makers, lumber companies, and merchants, farmers of produce, textile mills, and factories in the North. South: plantation owners, traders, etc Answers will vary.
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Describe the transatlantic slave trade.
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transatlantic slave trade was the largest forced migration in human history and a very lucrative business. Running from the 15th century through most of the 19th century, slave ships made roughly 39,000 voyages from Africa to the Americas. The millions of men, women, and children aboard these ships were instrumental in building commerce and wealth in the New World
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What did the names and conditions of the slave ships say about the slave merchants’ views of slavery?
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Ships names were meant to honor family or project an image: Olive Branch, Dove, Liberty, Hope, Betty) The perception that slaves were only cargo so no special consideration would be given to their welfare. Answers will vary.
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How did slave traders view the material value of human life?
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Slaves had a product value. They could equate the value of a slave with gold, shells, gunpowder, etc.
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What did merchants trade the Africans in exchange for slaves?
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exchanged many different kinds of goods for humans. African kings and slave owners wanted gunpowder, brandy, and other goods.
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Describe the triangular trade associated with the practice of slavery.
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The lucrative slave trade created a great triangle of profit between Africa, the tropical Americas, and Europe. Goods and commodities were shipped from Europe to Africa to buy slaves. Slaves were shipped to the Americas to grow sugar and other crops. Those crops were then shipped to Europe, where they were manufactured for re-export to Africa and were then used to buy more slaves.
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How did the Farming change from 1750 - 1900?
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All farming was done by hand or horse power in the 1750s. Many people worked in the farm as many people were needed in the farm. But as the revolution of machinery came, there were many new machines and tools for farming. Soon, fewer workers were needed and most of them started to work in factories.
There were also better crops and harvests. Moreover, as the transports got faster the foods got fresher and farming got better. |
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What led to the growth of towns during high middle ages?
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One factor that led to the growth of towns during the High Middle Ages was that trade flourished. The trade flourished because most of the towns and cities were either near rivers or near a seaport.
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Water frame invented by_______ - the first powered textile machine.
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richard arkwright
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what is a water frame?
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The water frame was the first spinning machine that performed constant spinning of cotton yarn. Through the use of a series of rollers, the water frame was able to produce very strong, smooth yarn that paved the way for the weaving of all-cotton fabrics.
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when was a water frame invented?
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1768
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Why is child labour a problem?
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As its wrong. Instead of going to school and experiencing childhood, nearly 300,000 children in India, Nepal and Pakistan are spending long days working in poor conditions. Child labour also drives down adult wages and keeps entire communities in poverty.
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what could happen if you experienced child labour?
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pain in knees and many scars, pain and you become crippled.
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is it true even if you were a healthy and straight boy you could become deformed?
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yes.
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would Factory owners lie to carry on business?
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yes, they would say the children are healthy.
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how long would they have to work for each day?
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10 and a half hours.
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are farming, coal mining, quarryman, carpenter, diamond miner all primary industries?
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yes
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what are not primary industries?
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lorry driver & entertainer, vet.
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do we need GM food in this country?
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Not really, however they can help as we dont get infections in the food as much with them.
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___ ________ food is something that scientists insert things into.
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genetically modified.
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is genetically modifled food safe?
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Yes. This has been restated, not only by the technology providers, but also by many countries in the world, after rigorous scrutiny of the food that is produced by these crops.
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Why do we need to produce GM food?
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To make what were eating not infected by insects and pesticide free. also so its bigger and grows faster.
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what is an Arable farm?
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ploughing of land & growing of crops
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what is a pastoral farming?
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leaving grass for the grazing of animals
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mixed farms?
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crops and animals grown in the same enviroment
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whats the difference between substsence farming and commercial?
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one is for ones self, the other for a whole group of the world.
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what does a factory need?
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raw material, transport, climate, labour, market, land, networks, capital and machinery.
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earthquake
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A sudden movement of the earth's crust caused by the release of stress accumulated along geologic faults or by volcanic activity. Also called seism, temblor.
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focus
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The exact point of an earthquake under the earths crust
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epicentre
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the exact point of an earthquake on the earths crust
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seismic waves
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an earth vibration generated by an earthquake or explosion
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richter scale
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a scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake in terms of the logarithm of the amplitude of the ground wave; values range from 0 to over 9
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magnitude
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Also called earthquake magnitude Geology a measure of the size of an earthquake based on the quantity of energy released
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seismogram
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the record of an earthquake’s vibrations and intensity made by a seismograph.
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seismometer
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a special seismograph equipped to measure the actual movement of the ground
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what does colonialism mean?
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exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country
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