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inhabitable
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able to support permanent residents
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navigable
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deep and wide enough to allow the passage of ships
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annex
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to formally incorporate into a country or state the territory of another
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civil war
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conflict between opposing groups of citizens of the same country
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literacy
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the ability to read and write
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suburb
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a residential area outside a central city
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per capita
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per person
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gross national product
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the total value of goods and services produced within a country within a year, including of domestic firms in foreign countries and excluding the domestic output of foreign firms
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metropolitan area
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a major city and its surrounding suburbs
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hemisphere
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a half of the earth
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formal region
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group of places that have similar attributes, for example, a political region
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functional region
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a group of places connected by movement, for example, the region drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries
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plate tectonics
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theory that the Earth’s outer shell is composed of a number of large, unanchored plates, or slabs of rock, whose constant movement explains earthquakes and volcanic activity
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glacier
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a huge slow-moving mass of snow and ice
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scale
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tells the user about size of a map in relation to the size of the real world by giving the ratio between distances on the map and actual distances on the earth
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key (legend)
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tells the user about the symbols used on the map
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grid
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lines of latitude and longitude taken together
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legend
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key
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compass rose
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directional indicator that shows where the cardinal directions lie on a map
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Great Circle Route
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the shortest way to travel a long distance around the earth
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topography
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the shape of a region
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ethnic group
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people who share such things as culture, language, and religion
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fundamentalism
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a set of religious beliefs based on a strict interpretation of a sacred text
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genocide
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the systematic killing or destruction of a people
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anarchy
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political disorder or lawlessness
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