Social Studies Midterm

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The Five Themes of Geography

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-Location
-Place
-Region
-Movement
-Human Environment Interaction

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Latitude

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The distance north and south of the Equator.

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Longitude

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The distance east and west of the Prime Meridian.

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Hemisphere

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A half of Earth

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Parallel

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Line of latitude

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Meridian

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Line of longitude

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Scale

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Relative Size

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Globe Pros

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Most accurate because it is shaped like Earth

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Globes Cons

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Is the big enough to show specific places/streets.

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Maps Pros

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Maps show specific places making them helpful with city and state geography.

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Map Cons

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distortion

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Distortion

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Loss of Accuracy

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G
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Geographic
Information
System

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Projection

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A way to map Earth

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Compass Rose

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A diagram of a compass

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Key

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The section of the map that explains symbols and colors

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Population Distribution

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The way population is spread out over a area

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Demography

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study of population

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Population

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Total number of people

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Population Density

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Average number of people per square mile/km

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Birthrate

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number of births per 1,000 people in a year

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Death rate

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number of deaths per 1,000 people in a year

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Reasons For Population Growth

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-less disease
-increasing food supply

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Problems with Population Growth

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-Not enough jobs
-Not enough food
-Not enough land

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Migration

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When people move from one place to another

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Immigrants

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People who move from one country to another

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Urbanization

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Growth of Cities

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Rural

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Countryside

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Urban

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Located in the city

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Push and pull theory

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Difficulties push you to leave, hope for a better life pulls you to another country

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Natural Resources

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Useful materials found in nature

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Raw materials

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Natural resources that must be worked to be useful

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Renewable Resource

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Replaceable natural resources

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Nonrenewable resource

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Irreplaceable natural Resource

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Environment

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Natural Surroundings

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Manufacturing

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production of good by hand or machine

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Colonization

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movement of settlers and culture to a new country

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Industrialization

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Growth of urbanization, machine powered production

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First Level Activity

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When you work directly with the land and its resources

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Second Level Activity

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Manufacturing, processing goods from first level to products, often use of machines

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Third Level Activity

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Services, working with customers or businesses, often includes advertising

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Deforestation

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loss of forest and trees

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Biodiversity

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Richness in variety of living things

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Civil engineering

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technology for building bridges, roads, and dams

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Pollution

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Man-made waste making the earth more dirty

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Oasis

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An underground water source in the dessert

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Petroleum

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A fossil fuel, a oily liquid

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Standard of Living

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Measurement of a person' s life status: education, health, etc.

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Tigris and Euphrates

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Two rivers that provide water and fertile soil for drink and food.

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Importance of Oil

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-Energy source
-Mideast's biggest export

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Importance of Water

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-Scarce in Mideast
-Needed to live
-Food, transportation, drink, trade

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Birthplace of Three Religions ______, ______, and ________.

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-Islam
-Judaism
-Christianity

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Diversity, Different Ethnic groups

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-Arab
-Kurdish
-Persian

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Mesopotmia's first writing system

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pictograms, the symbols looked like what they meant

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Cuneiform

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Mesopotamia's developed writing system

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Tigres and Euphrates: Mideast

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Source of political power, money, etc., but also disagreements between countries

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The Red Land

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It provided wealth which is metals and stones and it provided protection from invading armies

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The Black Land

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It had rich and fertile soil

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The Nile River

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The Nile River provided fertile land to grow crops and made Egypt a powerful civilization