Social Studies Final

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Birthrate

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The number of live births each year per 1,000 people.

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Demographer

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A scientist who studies human population including their size, growth, density, distribution, birth, death

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Immigrant

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A person who moves to a new country in order to settle there

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Life Expectancy

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The number of years that a person may be expected on average to live.

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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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Population

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The people living in a particular region.

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Push-Pull Theory

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A theory of migration that says people migrate because certain things in their lives push them to leave and certain things in a new place pull them

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Rural Area

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An area with low population desity, such as a village or the countryside.

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Cardinal Direction

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One of the four compass points: North, South, East, West

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Degree

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A unit of measure used to determine absolute location.

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Equator

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An imaginary line that circles the globe at its widest point dividing the Earth into northern and southern hemispheres.

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Geography

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The study of the Earth's surface and the processes that shape it, the connection between places, people, and environment.

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Globe

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A round model of the Earth that shows continents and oceans in their true shape.

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Latitude

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The series of imaginary lines that circle the Earth parallel to the equator.

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Meridian

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The imaginary lines that circle the globe from north to south and runs through North and South poles.

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Projection

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A presentation of the Earth's rounded surface on a flat piece of paper. Distorted.

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Apprentice

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Unpaid worker who is being trained in a craft in medieval Europe.

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Clergy

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Person ordained to perform certain religious duties.

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Crusades

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several military expeditions between 1095 and 1272 A.D., supported by the Catholic Church, to win the Holy Land back from the Seljiuk Turks.

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Knight

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Trained warriors that protected the kingdom

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Magna Carta

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The 'Great Charter', an agreement between King John of England and his nobles and clergy in which the King's power over his nobles was limited.

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Medieval Times

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The Middle Ages 500-1500 A.D.

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Troubadour

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A traveling performer who wantered from place to place in France, Italy, and Spain, singing songs and reciting poems about the chivalrous deeds of knights.

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Nation

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a community that shares a government and sometimes a common language and culture,

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Serf

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A peasant in medieval Europe considered to be part of the land; a noble's manor included serfs

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Aurora borealis

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A band of colorful lights that can be seen in the northern skies.

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Francophone

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Person who's first language is French

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Stephen Harper

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Prime Minister of Canada
Political leader

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Ottawa

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National capital of Canada

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Alberta

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a prairie province in Canada known for growing crops

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Quebec

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a province in Canada which has a large population of people who speak French.

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Ontario

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province in Canada known for business and industry. The national capital of Ottawa and Toronto.

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Parliament

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a group of elected officals in Great Britain and Canada that help decide about taxes and other laws

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King John

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King in 1199 who forced people to pay high taxes, put enemies in jail and took land from the Church. He was forced to sign the Magna Carta

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Adolf Hitler

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A dictator during WWII in Germany. Head of the Nazi party.

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Cold War

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A time of tension between the U.S. and Soviet Union without a real war.

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Civil War

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A war between groups in the same country.

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European Union

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A union of countries in Europe that help each other in areas of travel and trade. Many have a common currency.

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Why was Holy Land important?

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It was Holy Land for 3 different religions, also a major trade route.

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Siberia

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A large part of northern Russia that is cold and behind the times. It has many natural resources but few people.

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Head of State of Canada

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Queen Elizabeth II

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Political leader of Canada

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

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Import

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to bring goods into one country from another country

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Export

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to send goods to another country.

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What divides Europe and Asia

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Ural Mountains

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RCMP

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Royal Canadian Mounted Police

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Capital city of Canada

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Ottawa

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Capital of United Kingdom

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London, England

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Capital of Russia

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Moscow

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Capital of Germany

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Berlin

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Berlin Wall

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Wall built in 1961 to keep people from East Berlin from escaping to free West Berlin. It was torn down in 1989.

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Communism

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a theory of government in which the government owns all businesses and industries.

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Capitalism

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economic system in which people and privately owned companies own both basic and nonbasic businesses and industries.

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Socialism

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economic system in which the government owns most basic industries, such as transportation, communication, and banking; nonbasic are privately owned

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Free Enterprise

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an economic system in which individuals can start and run their own businesses

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Immigrant

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a person who moves to a new country in order to settle there

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Separatist Movement

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someone who wants the province of Quebec to break away from the rest of Canada.

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What are the 5 Themes of Geography?

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Human and Environment Interaction, Location, Place, Movement, Region

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What affects the changing of the seasons

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tilt of the Earth and the orbit of the Earth

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Renewable Resources

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natural resource that the environment continues to supply or replace as it is used; trees, water, etc.

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Nonrenewable Resources

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Resource that cannot be replaced once it is used; fossil fuels, coal, oil, iron, copper, gold.

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Where would you find the CN Tower

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Toronto, Ontario
Canada

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Where would you find Big Ben?

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London, England
United Kingdom

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Where would you find the Eiffel Tower

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Paris, France

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Who is the Monarch of the United Kingdom?

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Queen Elizabeth II