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35 Cards in this Set
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map projection
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a way of showing the curved earth on a flat surface
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topography
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the physical features of a place or region
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mountain
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high, rugged land that rises above the surrounding land
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elevation
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height above sea level
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hill
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area of raised land that is lower and less steep than a mountain
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plain
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large area of level or gently rollin land
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plateau
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large area of high flat, or gently rolling land
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climate
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average weather of a place over a period of 20-30 years
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culture
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all the things that make up a people's entire way of life
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nuclear family
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traditionally, a wife, husband, and their children
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extended family
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several generations living in one household
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monotheism
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the belief and worship in one god
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polytheism
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worship of more than one god
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democracy
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form of government in which the people have supreme power
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republic
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form of government in which the people choose the leaders who represent them
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dictatorship
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form of government in which a ruler holds power by force
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five themes of geography
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location
place interaction between people and their environment movement region |
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technology
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skills and tools a people use
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diffusion
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movement of customs or ideas from one place to another
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subculture
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group of people within a society who have theri own separate beliefs, values, and customs
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ethnocentrism
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judging other cultures by the standards of one's own culture
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racism
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belief that one racial group is superior to another
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stone age
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a period of time in pre-history that is characterized by the use of stone tools
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agricultural revolution
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a period of time when people learned to cultivate and harvest crops so that they could move away from a nomadic existence
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nomad
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a person who follows their food supply from place to place rather than settling down and raising food in one location
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Industrial Revolution
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a period in time when things began to be made, in huge numbers, in factories rather than by individual craftsmen at home.
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Cold War
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a time in the 1950's-1980's when America and the Soviet Union were not actually at war, but were very distrustful of one another
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capital
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money that can be invested in business ventures for the purpose of making a profit.
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entrepreneur
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a person who risks his or her money to set up a business.
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urbanization
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growth of cities; the process where people move to the cities from the countryside in search of work
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imperialism
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control of one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region.
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nationalism
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pride in and loyaly to one's own country (nation)
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migration
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the movement of people or animals from one place to another, sometimes in a repreating pattern
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globe
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a spherical representation of the earth
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magma
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obsidian/pumice
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