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37 Cards in this Set
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economy
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the production and exchange of goods and services of a country or region
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environment
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all the surroundings and conditions affecting the development of organisms
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income
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the amount of currency a person is paid over a certain period of time
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culture
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the total of knowledge behaviors and attitudes shared by a member of a group
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region
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functional region is the surroundings interactions and connections between places formal region is land use or boundaries
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hemisphere
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each half of the globe
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longitude lines
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lines that go over the earth at the poles and mark the east and west hemispheres
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latitude lines
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lines that run paralell to the equator to mark places north and south
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topograghy
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combination of surface shape and landforms in a region
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resource
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natural and unnatural products of a country or region to use as part of their economy
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tradition
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customs or rituals passed down through family or culture
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location
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absolute is longitude and latitude, relative is how a place is related to the surrounding environment
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physical
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a type of map that shows landforms elevation and other natural features
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technology
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manmade innovations to further human knowledge
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ethnic
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having a shared language, customs, and common heritage
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generation
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a group of people having age in common usually within 20 yrs
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revenue
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the income of a city, state or nation
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hierarchy
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a group of people organised according to rank
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infrastructure
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the support system of an economy including transportation, communication, power, sanitation, etc
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innovation
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taking existing elements of a society and creating something new to meet a need
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diffusion
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the spread of ideas inventions, or patterns of behavior to different societies
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acculturation
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the cultural change that occurs when people in a society accept or adopt an innovation
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dialect
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a version of a language that reflects changes in speech patterns
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birthrate
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number of live births per 1000 people
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deathrate
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number of deaths per 1000 people
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fertility rate
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average number of children a woman would have according to the current rate of her country
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infant mortality rate
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number of deaths of infants under age 1 per 1000 births
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absolute location
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latitude and longitude
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relative location
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a place in relation to other places
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functional region
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describes the connecting locations and places that are near
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place
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what are the culture, climate, vegetation, demograghics, etc like?
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movement
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how do goods, services, and ideas get from one place to another
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literacy
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usually expressed as a rate, gives the percentage of people who can read and write
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assimilation
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a process in which a minority group gradually gives up its own culture and adopts the culture of the majority
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push-pull factors
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that which causes people either to leave their home lands and migrate, or attracts people to a region
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lock
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a section of waterway with gates in which water levels can be raised or lowered for ships to pass
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megalopolis
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a region in which several large cities and surrounding areas grow together
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