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communication networks
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any way ppl send or receive info or ideas
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communist countries
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those w/a command economy and socialist system
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veld
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grassy interior plateau
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rift valley
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long narrow valley w/ steep walls caused by shifting of the earth's crust
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tropic of capricorn
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23 1/2 south of equator
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vital stats
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records of the most basic events of our lives
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luan
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philippine mahogany
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telecommunications
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the electrical ways of sending long distance messages between 2+ ppl
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gauchos
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indian nomadic descendant cowboys
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common market
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group of countries that have joined together to let goods move feely from one member country to another w/o being taxed
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culture region
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a group of countries w/a common history, language, religion, or ways of living
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paddies
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fields w/banks around them
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animists
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spirit-worshippers
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demographers
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population specialists
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loess
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wind blown soil
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3rd stage
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birth rate falls, better medical care, death rate falls, 1-2% growth rate
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rate of natural growth
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% that shows how fast the population is growing, must know birth / death rates
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transportation networks
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move ppl, things, ideas, or info from one place to another
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indochina
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mainland of se asia
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bedouins
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arabs
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scale
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the size of a amp, compared w/what it represents
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swahili
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coastal language w/many arab words, is language of trade
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shiism
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islamic religion practiced in iran
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ottoman empire
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former turk empire which occupied asia minor, n africa, se europe and sw asia
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berber
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original north african inhabitant
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gezira
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region of irrigated land where nile and blue nile rivers merge
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irrigation
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way to water from crops artificially
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language
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speech used by a country , tribe , or group of ppl to communicate
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boers
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early dutch farmers
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communication networks
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any way ppl send or receive info or ideas
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afrikaners
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descendants of boers
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bantu
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dark-skinned tribe
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apartheid
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official policy to keep black and whites seperate
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palestine
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s part of land fringing med sea
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large-scale maps
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show only a small egion and many details of that area
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muslims
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followers of islam
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bantustans
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african reservations
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westernizing
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spread of western technology
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arab
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nomadic desert tribes of arabian peninsula
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bazaar
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traditional market area
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domesticated
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tamed
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favela
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slum on outskirts of brazilian city
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mate'
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tea made from dried leaves
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population density
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where people live
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economic systems
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the ways ppl use their resources to meet their needs and wants
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great circle
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equator b/c it contains center of earth
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balsa
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tropical American tree that is strong but light
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rotation
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spinning w. to e. motion of earth
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commodity organization
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group of countries that have joined together to control how their particular product is best bought and sold
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population density
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figure that tells u avg. number of ppl living on sq. unit of land
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4th stage
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birth & death rates low, growth <1%, where we are
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third world
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rest of the worlds countries
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socialism
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economic system in which the means of production are owned by the government
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reservoirs
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lg lakes where h2o is stored
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landlocked
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shut in by land w/no outlet to the sea
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tierra helada
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perpetual ice and snow
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command economy
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economic system in which the government makes most of the decisions according to a central plan
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plaza
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park
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market economy
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system in which producers and consumers are free of government controls
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antarctic circle
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66 1/2 south of equator
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sparse
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where there are only a few ppl living far apart
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globe
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sphere w/a map covering it
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tierra fria
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cool lands w/mild days and cold nights w/wheat and potatoes
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mesopotamia
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the land between the tigris and euphrates rivers
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communism
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system of communist countries
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mixed economies
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economic system that includes some features of capitalism and some of socialism
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arctic circle
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66 1/2 north of equator
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authoritarianism
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political system in which leaders choose themselves and impose their will on the ppl
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sheik
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bedouin leader
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2nd stage
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beginnings of technology, death rate falls, lg families, rate of growth up to 3/4%
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pampas
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plains area in argentina and uruguay from inland to coast
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religion
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system of beliefs
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rural
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belonging to the countryside
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latifundios
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lg. SA estates
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census
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periodic offical count of ppl every 10 yrs
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immigrate
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to come into a country / region to live there
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jute
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tough reed whose fibers are used as carpet backing and burlap bags
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estancias
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large ranches
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lines of longitude
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meridians that are geat circles
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alliances
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joining of countries to protect themselves from invasion
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dense
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where there are many ppl living close together
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anglo-america
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us and canada, part of wH where the majority of ppl speak english
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chicle
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sap that forms base for chewing gum
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latin america
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n mexico to s sa where spanish culture predominates
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ejidos
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lg mexican farm owned and worked by several lg families or community
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hemisphere
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1/2 sphere
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haciendas
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lg ranch/estate in Latin America where landless farmers worked
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civilization
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culture and ways of living or a group of ppl or country
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mestizos
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have Spanish and Indian ancestors
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sphere
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round ball
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emigrate
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to leave ones country to settle in another
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summer solstice
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beginning of summer in our hemisphere, June 21 (longest day)
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general reference map
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shows places such as land and water bodies, countries, and cities
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tierra caliente
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hot lands
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rain shadow
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dry area on a leeward side of mountain
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migration
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moving of people from place to place
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estuary
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finger of the sea
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death rate
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number of deaths each year for every 1000 ppl
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special purpose map
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shows an important feature
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tannin
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acid used to make strong leather
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llama
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camel-like animal used as beast of burden
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quebracho
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SA tree w/hard wood which produces tannin
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birth rate
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number of births each yr for every 1000 ppl
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lines of latitude
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set of lines parallel to each other that run around the globe east and west of equator
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coca
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leaves chewed to fight cold temperatures
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1st stage
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population SLOW, many children die, war, few countries today
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tierra templada
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warm temperatures w/ coffee and citrus
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map symbols
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stand for something on a map
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llanos
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grassy lowlands in orinoco basin
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cultural / human features
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all ppl and things made or changed by ppl
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population
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number of worlds people
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puna
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cold lands
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small-scale maps
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show large areas of the earth and sm. amounts of detail
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geographer
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a person who studies places on the earth's surface and the ppl in those places
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anchovies
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small silver fish from peru
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geography
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concerned w/ppl and their environment
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region
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lg. area of land which has 1 or more features that make it different from neighboring areas
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groww national product per person
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total value of everything a country produces in one yr divided by population
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sunnism
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islam practiced in most of the islamic world
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revolution
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earth's circular orbit around the sun
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map
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representation of the earth's surface
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projection
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method used to flatten out the earth on a piece of paper
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squatter
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person who settles on public or unoccupied land w/o permission
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international date line
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invisible line in Pacific Ocean where e and w time zones meet
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backlands
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lands that presently lay idle
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tropic of cancer
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23 1/2 north of equator
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equator
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divides earth into 2 = parts
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culture
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common way of thinking and acting
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cacao
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sm SA tree which is used for chocolate
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capitalism
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economic system that functions w/individual ownership
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autumnal equinox
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in N. H. , 9/23 when sun strongest at equator
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vernal equinox
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3/21, 1st day of spring in NH, when sun = in both hemispheres
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sisal
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fibers used to make rope
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adobe
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sun-dried clay or mud
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fertile crescent
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lg area which stetch in arc from med sea to persian gulf
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fazenda
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brazilian coffee plantation
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political systems
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the ways ppl make and carry out their laws
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latitude
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distance or position north and south of the equator
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legend aka KEY
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explains map symbols
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holocaust
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hitler's mass murders
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free world
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democratic countries which have democratic gov and industrialized market economies w/ some government ownership
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natural / physical features
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all parts of environment not made by ppl
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parallels
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lines of latitude
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axis
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imaginary line that runs thru center of earth
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winter solstice
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1st day of winter in NH, reversed summer solstice
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democracy
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political system where ppl elect representatives to make their laws
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meridians
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imaginary lines crossing the parallels
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subcontinent
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land mass that is very large, but smaller than a continent
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coordinate
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degrees of latitude and longitude used in giving location
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cyclones
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seasonal wind of the indian ocean, accompanied by heavy rains
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sharecroppers
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subsistence farmers who work the land of the lg landowners for a share of the crop
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longitude
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distance or position measured e or w of prime meridian
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prime meridian
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0 longitude, which runs thru NP thru Greenwich, England
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grid
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pattern formed when parallels placed over meridians
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linkages
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anything that moves ppl or things from 1 place to another
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