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50 Cards in this Set
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Latitude
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A measure of distance north or south of the equator.
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Longitude
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A measure of distance east or west of a line called the prime meridian.
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Map Projection
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One of the different ways of showing Earth's curved surface on a flat map.
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Nautical Map
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The type of map that pilots and sailors use to find their way through air and over water.
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Thematic Map
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A map that focuses on one specific theme or idea.
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Cartographer
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A mapmaker.
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Absolute Location
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The exact spot on Earth where a place is found.
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Relative Location
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The location of one place in relation to other places.
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Geography
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The study of people, places, and the enviroment.
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Natural Regions
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The unique combination of plant and animal life and climate.
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Push Factors
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Problems that push people out of one place such as poverty, overcrowding, lack of jobs and schooling, prejudice, and politicial opression.
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Pull Factors
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Advantages that pull people into an area such as a higher standard of loving, employment and education oppurtunities, rights, freedom, peace, and safety.
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Adaption
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Adapting to the natural resources that their local enviroment provdies.
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Interdependence
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The economic, political, and social dependence of culture regions on one another.
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Migrate
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To Move from one area in order to settle in another.
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Economics
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The study of how resources are managed in the production, exchange, and use of goods and services.
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Scarcity
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A word economists use to describe the conflict between people's desires and limited resources.
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Government
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The people and groups within a society that have the authority to make laws, to make sure they are carried out, and to settle disagreements about them.
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Fertile Crescent
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A region consisting of what is now Iraq, Northeast Syria, and part of Southeast Turkey; it is shaped as a crescent and has fertile soil.
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Cuneiform
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a Sumerian system of writing in which wedge shaped symbols are used.
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Hannurabi
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A Swahili term that means "pulling together" and is used in reference to Kenyan schools built by Kenyan people rather than by the government.
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Muhammed
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The founder of Islam.
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Qur'an
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The sacred text of Islam.
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Caliph
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The titile used by rulers of the Muslim community from 632 until 1924.
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Constantinople
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The capital of the Ottoman Empire, now called Istanbul.
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Pharaohs
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A king of ancient Egypt.
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Hieroglyphics
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A writing system in which pictures and symbols are used to represent words and sounds.
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Papyrus
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A paperlike material made from a reed.
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Re
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The Egyptian sun God.
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Judaism
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A monotheistic religion founded by Abraham and whose followers are called Jews
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Jesus
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A Jewish man born in Bethlaham who was believed to be the Messiah.
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Theocracy
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A gvoernment ruled by a religious leader.
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Extended Family
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When several families who are related live together.
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Cash Crops
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A crop grown for sale.
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Susistance Farming
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A method of farming when people grow food mainly to feed their households rather than to sell.
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Kinship
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Family relationships.
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Command Economy
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An economy where the government decided what to make and how much it's worth.
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Coup d' etat
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An overthrow of a government by force.
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Masai
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An ethnic group in Africa.
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Boers
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One of a group of Dutch colonists in South Africa or one of their descendents.
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Afrikaners
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A descendent of the Dutch settlers of South Africa.
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Nelson Mandala
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The leader of the ANC and anti-apartheid.
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William de Klerk
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A white South African who opposed apartheid and became president in 1989.
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ANC
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A group of Africans that opposed apartheid.
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Veldt
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The flat grassland of South Africa.
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Masai
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An ethnic group in Africa.
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Zulu
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An ethnic group in Africa.
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Pastoralism
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A way of life in which people raise cattle, sheep, or goats as their primary economic activity.
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Swahili
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A Bantu language spoken in Africa.
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Conflict Diamonds
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Diamonds that are smuggled out of the country in small envelopes and sold to buy weapons for rebel forces.
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