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Define subsistence farming.
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Farming that provides only enough food and animals for the needs of a family or village
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Define acculturation.
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The process of accepting, borrowing, and exchanging ideas and traits among cultures
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Define monarchy.
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A system of authoritarian government headed by a monarch - usually a king or queen who inherits the throne by birth
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Define direct democracy.
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A system of government in which the people participate in decision making
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Define rotation.
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The spinning motion of Earth, like a top on its axis; Earth takes about 24 hours to rotate one time
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Identify the processes in the water cycle.
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Precipitation
Evaporation Condensation |
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Identify the five types of climate.
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Tropical
Dry Moderate Contintental Polar |
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Define absolute location.
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The exact position of a place on Earth
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What is a dictatorship?
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A government run by a dictator who has complete power over a country
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Define relative location.
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The location of a place as described by places near it
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What is a natural resource?
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Any useful material found in the ground
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What is demography?
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The study of human populations, including size, growth, density, distribution, and birth rates
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Define representative democracy.
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A system of government in which the people elect representatives to run the affairs of the country
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What is the plate tectonics theory?
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The theory that Earth's crust is made of huge, slowly moving slabs of rock called plates
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What is a fossil fuel?
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Any one of several nonrenewable resources such as coal, oil, or natural gas, created from the remains of plants and animals
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What is global warming?
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A slow increase in Earth's temperature due to the increasing amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
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Define equator.
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The imaginary line that circles the globe at its widest point, dividing the Earth into two halves called hemispheres; used as a reference point from which north and south latitudes are measured
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Define latitude.
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The series of imaginary lines, also called parallels, that cirlce the Earth parallel to the Equator
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What is the International Date Line?
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The 180 degree meridian; when you cross it, the date and day change
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Define precipitation.
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All forms of water, such as rain, sleet, hail, and snow, that fall to the ground from the atmosphere
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Define longitude.
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The series of imaginary lines, also called meridians, that run north and south from one pole to the other
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Define migration.
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The movement of people from one country or region to another in order to make a new home
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Define capitalism.
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An economic system in which people and privately owned companies own both basic and nonbasic businesses and industries
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Define Prime Meridian.
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The imaginary line of longitude that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole through Greenwich, England; it is designated at 0 degrees longitude and is used as a reference piont from which east and west lines of longitude are measured
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Define revolution.
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One complete orbit of Earth around the sun; Earth completes one revolution every 365.25 days, or one year
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Define cultural diffusion.
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The movement of customs and ideas from one culture to another
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Define socialism.
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An economic system in which the government owns most basic industries, such as transportation, communications, and banking; nonbasic industries are privately owned
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Define scale.
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The size of an area on a map as compared with the area's actual size
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Define culture.
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The language, religious beliefs, values, customs, and other ways of life shared by a group of people
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What is deforestation?
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The process of clearing land of forests or trees, usually to make room for farms and homes
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Identify map elements that are important to reading any map.
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Scale Legend/key Compass Rose Longitude/Latitude lines |
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Define communism.
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The theory of government in which property, such as farms and factories, is owned by the government for the benefit of all citizens; a political system in which the central government controls all aspects of the citizens' lives
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Define urbanization.
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The growth of city populations caused by the movement of people to cities
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