Geography Mid Term Review Guide

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Cultural Diversity

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A variety of cultures in a given area

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Deforestation

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The clearing of trees for 2 main reasons Agriculture and timber

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Dictatorship

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Total control and power by a single individual

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Highland regions

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Areas where farming would likely involve terraces

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Interdependence

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When many countries depend upon another for global trading.

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Location

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Where a place is on the Earth.

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Market Economy

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An economic system based on free trade and open competition.

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Place

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Refers to the landscape of a region.

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Region

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A part of the world that has many common features.

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Primary source

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Materials created by people who

lived during the times they describe.

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Secondary Source

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Accounts written later by people who were not present at the time of the event.

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Authors point of view

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The way that things are considered.

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Monarchy

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Rule directly by a king or queen

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Constantine

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Roman empire that spread christianity.

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Diaspora

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The scattering of jewish population outside of Israel.

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Gospels

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The accounts of the life of jesus christ.

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Hammurabi

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King of babylon developed first code of written laws.

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Irrigation

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Man made watering of crops

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Landlocked

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An area completely surrounded by land with no direct acess to the ocean or sea.

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Monotheism

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Belief in one god

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Sargon

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First empire to have a permanent army.

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Theocracy

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A government ruled by religous leaders.

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Division of labor

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How jobs and responsibilities are divided among a society.

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Syrian desert

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Large region covering much of Jordan,Syria

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Common physical features of Southwest Asia and Africa

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Mainley vast desert regions.

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Physical geography of Mesopotamia

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Fertile land located between the tigres and euphrates river

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Military achievments of the assyrians and hittites

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Iron weapons and chariots.

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Sumerian society social order

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Social hiearchy

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Characteristics of early human settlements

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Farming led to population growth.

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Characteristics of neolithic peoples

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People began using domestic crops and animals

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Escarpment

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Steep face at edge of a plateau or elavated area

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Great rift valley

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Landform caused by movement earths plates located in east africa

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Nobles

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Peiple that came from wealthy and powerful Egyptian families

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Rosetta Stone

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Discovery that unlocked eygptian hieroglyphics by showing the connection to the greek writing

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Steppe climate

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Type of climate found in sahel region that allows for grazing of animals

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Why did trade grow in New Kingdom

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Egypt had developed a strong army and had conquered neighboring regions.

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How has the expansion of the sahara dessert impacted the nomads in that region.

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Has forced them to look for jobs in major cities