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36 Cards in this Set
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Cartographer
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Map maker
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landsat
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maps world and weather, stays in certain places for 18 days
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geography
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features, climates, economics, social
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rocky mountains
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canada to mexico
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great plains
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praire of us, wheat, breadbasket
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free enterprise systems
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run by individuals who make a profit
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columbian exchange
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1492 explorers brought goods, diseases, animals, and plants
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sectionalism
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loyalty to section of land
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service industry
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selling goods
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megalopolis
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major city with surrounding suburbs
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postindustrial economy
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past industrial to make money, like technology
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representative democracy
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elect representatives
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breadbasket
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oklahoma, kansas, iowa, nebraska
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new world
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americas
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kunlun mountains
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northern tibet,
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qin ling mountains
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They form the main physical barrier between the Wei River valley and the Sichuan Plain.
central china |
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gobi desert
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china and souther mongolia
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3 gorges dam
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project in china, stop flooding from huang he, generates power, ships can come from sea
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pcbs
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chemical toxins that goe into fish tissues and are harmful to humans
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landfill
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buried trash, gasses buildup
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huang he
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major river in china
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cultural revolution
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1966-1976 instituted by mao, 1958 great leap forward take everyone out of city and make them farmers.
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problems of industrialization of se china
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population and emmission systems
marine pollution landfills |
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70% of japan consists of __
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mountains
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largest muslim population in the world
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indonesia
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silk road
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trade route made by marco polo, route from europe to china
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second leading industrial nation in the world
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japan
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largest populations of christians in se asia
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philipines
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major activity that brought buddhism, hinduism, and islam to se asia
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trade
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earliest religion in japan
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shintoism
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mongolias location, economy, and political status
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landlocked, china and russia, no economy, trying to become democracy
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japanese economy status after WWII
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desomated, helped by us
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economies of vietnam, cambodia, and laos describe
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third world
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shintoism
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no founder or holy book, japan, nature
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buddhism
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suddhartha gutthama, vehdas, monks, nirvana, 8 fold path, middle way, 4 noble truths
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confucianism
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konchu, kung futzue, no holy book, civil service exam
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