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41 Cards in this Set
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How many world culture regions are there?
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8
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Which language family has the most speakier?
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Indo-European
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A communist government is best described as a
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totalitarian governmet
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Which of the following is not one of the five major religious groups
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Western religion
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A people's way of life is called their
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culture
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Civil war occurs when
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people within a state's border fights their own governmant
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Most developed nations have
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high literacy rates
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An official government count of the entire population of a nation is a
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census
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A country with a crude birth rate of 20 per thousand and a crude death rate of 10 per thousand has what rate of natural increase
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1%
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the security council is part of
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the UN
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Land that is able to be cultivated
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urban
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the most accurate way to measure crowding is to dtermine a country's
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urbanization
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Iran is a
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rouge nation
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name the most successful military alliance in history
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NATO
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What is the term for the average number of people per square mile of a country's arable land
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physiological
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What is a regional variety of a language called
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diolect
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a grops of people with a common heritage, culture, and homeland
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nation
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parents and their children
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nuclear family
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a nation with its own established government
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nation-state
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a study of human populations and their characteristics
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demograpghy
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lands gained outside the national borders of a country
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empire
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man trying to solve his problems and bring peace without God
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humanism
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the acquiring of an empire
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imperialism
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grandparents, uncles, aunts, aunts, and cousins
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extended family
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emphasis of the rights of a nation
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nationalism
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growth of cities
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urbanization
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No absolute monarchies exist today. T or F
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F
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Defense spending is the best measurement of a nation's military strength. T or F
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T
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A geometric boundary may follow lines of longitude or latitude. T or F
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T
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In recent years, more people have migrated to the country than to the city. T or F
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F
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Most doern democracies are pure democracies. T or F
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T
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Advances in science and technology have lengthened life expectancy. T or F
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T
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rule by the people
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democracy
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rule by a sovereign who is in complete control of the government
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absolute monarchy
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absence of government
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anarchy
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government in total control of the people
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totalitarian govenment
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laws limit the power of the monarch
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constitutional monarchy
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international peace organization created in the wake of World War II
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UN
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government characterized by a constitution and representative system
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repiblic
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nation that uses any means to increase its power
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rogue nation
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international alliance created to stop Communism
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NATO
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