Geography: Main Ideas And Terms To Focus On For The Final

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Absolute Location

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The exact place on earth where a geographic feature, such as a city, is found

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The five themes

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Location, place, region, movement, and human-environment interaction

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Elements of a map

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Title

Compass Rose

Labels

Legend

Lines of latitude

Lines of longitude

Scale

Symbols

Colors

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Topography

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Representation of natural and man-made features on the earth

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Continental shelf

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The earth's surface from the edge of a continent to the deep part of the ocean.

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Plate tectonics

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Enormous moving pieces of the earth's lithosphere.

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Epicenter

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The point directly above the focus on the earth's surface.

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Tsunami

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A giant wave in the ocean.

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Weathering

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Refers to physical and chemical processes that change the characteristics of rock on or near the earth's surface.

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Climate

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Hurricanes- storms that form over warm, tropical ocean waters, also known as typhoons in Asia.

Tornado, or twister, is a powerful funnel-shaped column of spiraling air.

Blizzard- a heavy snowstorm with winds of more than 35 miles per hour and reduced visibility.

Drought- long period of time without rain or minimal rainfall.

Flood- when water spreads over land not normally covered with water.

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Culture- total of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by the members of a specific group.

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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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Religion

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The belief in a supernatural power or powers that are regarded as the creators and maintainers of the universe, as well as the system of beliefs itself.

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Urban/Urbanization

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The dramatic rise in the number of cities and the changes in lifestyle that can result.

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State

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A political term describing an independent unit that occupies a specific territory and has full control of its external and internal affairs

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Landlocked

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Having no outlet to the sea.

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Economy

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The production and exchange of goods and services among a group of people.

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Christianity

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Based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and it is monotheistic.

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Judaism

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The oldest of the Southwest Asia religions. Based on the Torah.

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Democracy

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A type of government in which citizens hold political power either directly or through elected representatives.

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Continents Russia covers

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Europe and Asia

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Location

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By Belarus, Ukraine, China

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Major Conflicts

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NATO, Ukraine, lags behind Europe

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Czar

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Emperor in Russia. Peter the Great.

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Economy

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Command economy- central government makes all important decisions.

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Silk Road

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The 4,000-mile route between China and the Mediterranean Sea, named for the costly silk acquired in China.

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Pandemic

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A disease affecting a large population over a wide geographic area.

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AIDS

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Caused by HIV and is largely affecting Africa...however more education about it is lowering rates of AIDS

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5 geographical regions

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East Africa. North Africa. West Africa. Central Africa. Southern Africa. Pg.458

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Egypt

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Has the Nile. (Water/floodwaters). Carthage.

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Cash crops

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East Africa. Coffee. Tea. Sugar. Grown for direct sale.

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Rwanda

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5 pilars of

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Fasting. Charity. Pilgrimage. Prayer. Faith.

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Theocracy

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Form of government in which religious leaders control the government, relying on religious law and consultation with religious scholars.

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OPEC

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The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, a group established in 1960 by some oil-producing nations to coordinate policies on selling petroleum products.

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Colonialism

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Muslim nations weak at the end of the 1600s. Britain and France powerful. Valuable to colonial powers because of Suez Canal and oil

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Religions

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Islam. Judaism. Christianity.

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Mesopotamia

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The land between rivers.

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3 major rivers

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Tigris. Euphrates. Nile.

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Jerusalem

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Important city to Jews (western wall)Christians(final suffering and crucification) Muslims (Dome of the Rock).

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Rain Forest

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Clearing the rainforest. Destruction.

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Inca

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Descendants of people who can across a land bridge from Siberia to Alaska and eventually crossed the Isthmus of Panama into South America.

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Aztecs

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Arrived from the deserts of Northern Mexico, and they found Tenochtitlán

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Regions of the area

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Mexico. Central America. Caribbean. Spanish-Speaking South America. Brazil.

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Religion

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Catholicism, Christianity

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Regions of Europe

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Mediterranean Europe. Western Europe. Northern Europe. Eastern Europe.

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Major Rivers

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Danube and Rhine

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Waterways

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Venice's canals.

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Market economy

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Deforeststion

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Acid Rain. Have been clearing forests since ancient times for wood to burn and ships

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Plague

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Industrial Revolution

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Britain first country to industrialize. In the 1800s, the industrial revolution spread from Britain to other countries, especially Belgium, France, Germany, and the United States.