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20 Cards in this Set
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history
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the study of past events
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geography
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The study of where places are located and the “layout” of the land and how people use the land for their needs
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political science
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the study of government and how rules and laws are made and enforced
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economics
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The study of who gets what and how much they can get
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sociology
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The study of how large groups of people act and what causes them to act in a certain way
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psychology
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The study of how individual people act
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anthropology
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A field of study that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind
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5 themes of geography location
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The theme of location describes where something is
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place
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Place describes the features that make a place unique
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regions
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Regions are areas that share common characteristics
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movement
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This theme looks at how and why people and things move
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human environment interaction
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This theme looks at all the ways people act with their environment
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mapping lines of longitude
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Imaginary lines that run from the North to South Poles. They measure distance East and West of the Prime Meridian. They all cut the earth in ½ and they are numbered from 00 to 1800 East or West of the Prime Meridian.
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lines of latitude
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Imaginary parallel lines that get smaller as one gets closer to the North and South Poles. They measure distances North and South of the Equator. They are numbered from 00 to 900 North or South of the Equator
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meridian
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Any line of Longitude
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parallel
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Any Line of Latitude
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prime meridian
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00 Longitude. It separates the Eastern and Western Hemisphere. The Prime Meridian runs through Greenwich England
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equator
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00 Latitude. It separates the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. The Equator runs through Africa and South America
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international date line
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This is 1800 Longitude. If you cross it heading East you go into tomorrow. If you cross it going west, you go into yesterday. This change in date is from the rotation of the earth.
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hemisphere
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One half of the earth divided by either the equator or Prime Meridian & International Date Line. There are the N, S, E, W Hemisphere
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