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favela
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slums in outskirts of brazillian cities
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grid
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crisscross network or parallels and meridians on a map or globe allowing you to locate any point on the earths surface
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maghreb
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arabic word meaning furthest west
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apartheid
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official policy
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hemisphere
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half of a sphere
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estancia
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large ranch or estate in SA
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sphere
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round solid figure all points equally distant from the center
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equator
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an imaginary circle around the middle of the earth, halfway between the poles
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fazenda
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coffee plantation
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rotation
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curved path of a planet about the sun
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globe
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sphere with a map of the earth on it
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solstice
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time of the year when the direct rays of the sun are the greatest distance from the equator
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revolution
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movement of the earth around the sun
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map
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drawing of the earth's surface or part of it
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axis
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imaginary line about which the earth spins
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equinox
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sun crosses the equator and day and night are equal length in all parts of the earth
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mate`
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tea leaves
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gross national product per person
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divide total number of goods and services produced in a year by people
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developing country
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country where most make their money farming
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general reference map
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map showing general info such as continents, bodies of water, and cities
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industrialized country
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most make a living in manufacturing, trade, or business
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special purpose map
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map showing or emphasizing some particular feature, such as land use, annual percipitation, or distribution of people
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culture region
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group of coutries with common language, religion, and ways of making a living
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mesopotamia
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land btwn the tigris and the euphrates
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international date line
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imaginary line agreed upon as the place where each calendar day first begins
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census
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official count of the people in a district or country
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gezira
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region of irrigated land where the nile meets the blue nile
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large scale map
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map of a small area that shows many details
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sharecropper
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person who farms land from the owner in return for part of the crops
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map symbol
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something that stands for or represents a thing or condition
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berber
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original inhabitants of the maghreb lands
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key
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explanation of symbols on a map
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legend
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explanation of symbols on map
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scale
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size of something compared with what it represents
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tropic of capricorn
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parallel 23 1/2 south of the equator
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tropic of cancer
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parallel 23 1/2 north of the equator
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demographer
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person who studies human population
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antarctic circle
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parallel 66 1/2 degrees south of the equator
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small scale map
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leaves out many details and covers a large area or earths surface
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arctic circle
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a special parallel 66 1/2 degrees north of the equator
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hacienda
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large ranch or estate
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fertile crescent
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large area of land stretching in an arc from med sea to persian gulf
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jute
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tough tropical reed used for rope and coarse fabric
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lines of latitude
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a parallel
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bantu
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dark skinned tribes
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squatter
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person who settles on public land without permission
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parallel
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imaginary circles around the earth parallel to the equator
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adobe
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brick made of sundried clay
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boer
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early dutch settlers
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veld
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grassy interior plateau
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rift valley
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long north south valley
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ejido
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large mexican farm owned by several families
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sunnism
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islam most of the world follows
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shiism
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islam used by the persians
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lotus
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water lily
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irrigation
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supplying water to dry lands through pipes, canals, and ditches
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vital statistics
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facts about human lives
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coordinates
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degrees of longitude and latitude that define the position of a place
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afrikaner
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dutch descendants
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gaucho
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cowboy
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loess
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yellowish brown loam, deposited by the wind
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cacao
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make chocolate
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great circle
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any circle on the surface of the earth passing through the center of the earth
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animist
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spirit worshippers
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culture
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all the customs and ways of life a group of people learn
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sisal
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fibers used for making rope
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chicle
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sap; base for bubblegum
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reservoir
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a place where water is stored
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geographer
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a person who studies places on the earths surface and the people in those places
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latifundo
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large estate in south america
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geography
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study of the earth as the home of the people
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meridian
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an imaginary great circle passing through any place on the earths surface and through the north and south poles
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latitude
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distance north or south of the equator
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natural feature
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those things in and around a place that were not made by people
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region
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an area that has some common feature and that differs from surrounding areas
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cultural feature
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those things in and around a place not made by people
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environment
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people's surroundings on earth
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longitude
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distance east or west on the earths surface
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westernize
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to adopt ideas and ways of life by western culture
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prime meridian
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meridian from which the longitute east and west is measured
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language
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speech used by country or people to communicate
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lines of latitude
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a meridian vertical
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physical feature
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aka natural feature: not made by people
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religion
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system of faith and worship
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