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32 Cards in this Set
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inflation
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unexpected rise in prices
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global warming
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an increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere
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urbanization
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moving from rural to urban areas
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deforestation
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cutting down trees
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urban sprawl
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moving from urban to suburban areas
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GDP
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Gross Domestic Product; life expectancy, birth rate, death rate, GDP/person
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Tropic of Cancer/Capricorn
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23.5 degrees
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International Date Line
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an imaginary line on the surface of the earth; different day on either side
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Arctic and Antarctic Circles
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66.5 degrees
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Greenwich
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time starts
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weathering
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the gradual physical and chemical breakdown of rocks on the earth's surface
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recession
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short-term economic downfall
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projection
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a way of showing the curved surface of the Earth of a flat map
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Mercator Projection
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(rectangular) used for navigation; stretches out land near poles, shows most continents and oceans how they look on the globe
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Robinson Projection
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(oval) used in textbooks; flattens land near the poles; shows most continents and oceans how they look on the globe
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Azimuthal Projection
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(north pole view) a line drwan from a central point to any other point shows the shortest distance possible; distorts sizes and shapes of the continents
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Homolosine Projection
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(squiggle) accurate sizes and shapes; distorts distances
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demographer
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studies human populations
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desertification
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the process in which farmland becomes less productive because the land is degraded
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Judaism
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Torah; Abraham; 10 Commandments; 5th largest religion
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Christianity
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Bible; Jesus; largest religion
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Islam
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Qu'ran; Muhammad, Five PIllars; 2nd largest religion
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Buddhism
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Dhammapda; Buddha; Four Noble Truths and Noble Eightfold Path, 4th largest religion
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Hinduism
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Vedas, reincarnation, karma, 3rd largest religion
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Problems of urbanization
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pollution, overcrowding, etc.
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Importance of Water on Founding Societies
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irrigation, growing foods, transportation
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Geography
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the study of people, places, and enviroments
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enviroment
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the physical surroundings of a location
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region
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an area that has one or more common characterisics that unite or connect it with other areas
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place
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a geographical term that describes the physical and human characteristics of a location
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erosion
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the wearing away and transportation of weathered matierials through water, wind, and ice
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deforestation
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cutting down trees and not replacing them with new trees
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