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18 Cards in this Set
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democracy
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a form of government in which all people share in running the government
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representative democracy
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system of government in which citizens choose a smaller group to make laws and governmental decisions
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direct democracy
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system of government in which people gather at mass meetings to decide on government matters
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athens
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polis in ancient Greece known for having democracy and schools
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sparta
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polis in ancient Greece known for having a strong military
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polis
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the early Greek city-state, made up of a city and the surrounding countryside and run like an independent country
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Movement
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the way people, products, information and ideas move from one place to another.
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Human Environment Interaction
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looks at the relationships between people and their environment; how people adapt to the environment and how they change it
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Absolute Location
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5 Themes of Geography: this tells the exact location of a place, using longitude and latitude/coordinates
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Region
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5 Themes of Geography: this is a group of places with similar features/characteristics in a spread out area
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fact
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a statement that can be proven, truth
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opinion
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a statement that can't be proven, judgement/attitude
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legend/key
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a list on a map that explains what different symbols represent
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compass rose
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a symbol on a map that indicates the directions (North, South, East, West).
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citizen
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a person who belongs to a nation/ country/ government, who has rights and responsibilities
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Relative Location
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5 Themes of Geography: a location of a place in relation to another place (i.e. south or downhill).
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primary source
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is an artifact, a document, a recording, or other source of information that was created at the time the event happened
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secondary source
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documents written after an event has happened, providing secondhand accounts of that event, person, or topic
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