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47 Cards in this Set
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interdependence
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mutual dependence of countries for goods
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map projection
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a projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines of latitude and longitude
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Topography
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physical features of a place or region
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Vegetation
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plant life of a place or region
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Plain
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large area of level or gently rolling land
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plateau
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large area of high flat land
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diffusion
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movement of custom or ideas from one place to another
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subculture
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group of ppl within a societywho have their own seperate beliefs, values and customs
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Ethnocentrism
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judgin other cultures by standings of one's own culture
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Arisan
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skilled crafstman
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imperialism
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control by one countryof another country's political economic or cultural life
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Westernization
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adoption of western culture
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Tariff
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tax on imported good
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population density
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average # of ppl liviing in a given area
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escartment
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steep cliff
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cataract
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large waterfall
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hydroelectric power
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energy produced by moving water
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tropic
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area btw tropic of cancer and tropic of capicorn
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leaching
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dissolving and washing of the soil's nutrients by constant heavy rains
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drought
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prolonged periods or little or no rainfall
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desertification
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the change of semi-desert land into desert land
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city-state
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large town that has it's own government and controls the surrounding country side
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lineage
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group of distance kin who trace their disent to a common ancestor
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consensus
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common agreement
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polygamy
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practice of having more than one spouse
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age grad
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in some african societies all people born in the same year
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abolition
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movement to end slavery
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diaspora
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migration or scattering of homogenous people
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guerrilla warfare
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hit and run attacks by small bands of fighters against a larger power
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socialism
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system in which the govermnent owns owns and operates major businesses and controls other parts of the economy
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economic sanction
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cutting off trade wuth another country to pressure it to change it policies
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pampas
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in south america the grassy plains that stretch form argentina into Uruguay
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regionalism
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sytong local conditions that divide people within a country or region
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mestizo
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People of mixed European and Native American ancestory
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Conquistador
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Spanish conquerers of spanish colonies
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viceroy
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official who rules in place of a king
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Cabildo
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Councils established by Spain to govern the towns founded by Spanish settelers in Latin America
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Mercantilism
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theory that a country;s economic stregnth depended on increasing its gold supply by exporting mor goods than imported
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hacienda
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large plantation in Latin America
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Dontario
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Portugese landowners of huge tracts of land in Brazil
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Peninsular
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offical sent from Spain to rule Spanish Colonies in Latin America
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Ceole
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American-born descendents of Spanish Settelers
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Caudillo
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Latin America military leader who seizes power and rules as a dictator
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Oligarchy
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system of government in which a small elite has ruling power
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Embargo
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Complete halt to trade
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liberation theology
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movement in the Roman Catholic Church that urges the Church to take a more active role in changing social conditions that contribute to poverty
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inflation
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economic cycle marked by a sharp increaseof prices
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