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Buddhism
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Religion that originated in India about 500 b.c. and spread to china, where it grw to a major religion
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Islam
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A monotheistic religion based on the teachings of the prophet Muhhamad and the biggest cultural and religious influence in North Africa
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Taoism
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A pilosophy based on the book Tao Te Ching and the teaching of Lao-Tzu who believed in preserving and restoring harmony in the individual, with nature, and in the universe with little interference from the government
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Confucianism
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A movement based on the teachings of Confucius who stressed the importance of education in an ordered society in which one respects one's elders and obeys the government
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Hinduism
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A dominant religion of India, polytheistic, caste system
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Judaism
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oldest southwest religion in Isreal, Jerusalem, Torah
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Pillars of Islam
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Faith, Charity, Pilgramige, Fasting, and Prayer
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Population Density
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average number of people who live in a measurable area
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Urbanization
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dramatic rise in number of cities and lifestyle changes that occur
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Push-Pull Factors
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factors that draw or repel people from a place
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Immigrant
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a person who moves to a country from another country
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Migration
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movement of people within a country
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Rate of Natural Increase
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difference between number of birth rates and death rates
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Birthrate
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number of births per population
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Mortality Rate
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the number of deaths per thousand
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Population Pyramid
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a graphic devise that shows gender/age distribution of a population
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Continental Drift Theory
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all coninents were at one time joined but floated apart over millions of years
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Debt-for-nature swap
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Environmental groups agree to pay government debt in return for protection of environment
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Gross National Product
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goods and services preduced by a country in a period of time; all goods inside and outside
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Gross Domestic Product
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goods and services produced in a country in a period of time; only within the country
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Command Economy
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production of goods and services is determined by the government
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Per Capita Income
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Average amount of money made by each person
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Recession
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Period of decline in general business activity
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5 themes of geography
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location, place, region, HEI, movement
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deforestation
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cutting/clearing of trees and forests
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Longitude lines
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imaginary lines to determine absolute location, divide east and west
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Latitiude lines
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imaginary lines that use to determine absolute location, divides world north and south
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equator
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divides world into northern and southern halves
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political map
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shows man-made boundaries
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pyhsical map
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shows natural features
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shape, size, and location
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ways geographers use to identify a country
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artificial boundary
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man-made boundaries
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natural boundary
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natuaral boundary (i.e. mountains)
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absolute location
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exact place on earth where a place is located
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relative location
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describes a location in relation to other places around it
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Animism
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belief in divine forces of nature
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polytheism
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belief in more then one god
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Theocracy
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When the church controls the government
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dictatorship
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government in which an individual/group holds all political power
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Democracy
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government in which citiznes hold political power either directly or through representation
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Monarchy
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government in which a ruling family headed by a king or queen holds all political power
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Communism
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a system in which government holds nearly all political power and means of production
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Pandemic
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a disease that affetcs a large population over a large geographic area
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Apatheid
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policy of complete seperation of races established by white minority in South Africa
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AIDS
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most prevalent disease in Africa, sub- Saharan. sex, needles, birth. Aquired Immune Deficiancy Syndrome
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Berlin Conference
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confernence to establish political control of Africa in 1884-1885
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Chernobyl
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Place in russia where nuclear weapons were tested that exploded
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Ethnic Group
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group of people who share language, heritage, and customs
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Stateless nation
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nation of people who don't legally occupy a territory
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nation-state
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when a nation and a state occupy same territory
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dialect
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version of language that reflects changes in patterns
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economy
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production and exchange of goods and services among people
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economic system
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way people produce and exchange goods
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polygamy
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having more than one spouse (wife)
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caste system
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aryan system of social class in India
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accultaration
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the culture change that occurs when individuals accept an innovation
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one-child policy
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policy in China that encouraged families to only have child to control populaiton growth, resulted in greater male population
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Rai
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popular algerian music known for is fast drum beats and urban style
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yurts
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tent of central asia's nomads
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anti-semitism
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discrimination against Jewish people
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sweatshop
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workplace where people work long hours, low pay, poor conditions
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Nelson Mandela
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South African man who was in control during the aparthied
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Gandhi
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Non-violence protest leader in India and South Africa
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Dalai Lama
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Religious leader in Tibet
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Mao Zedong
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Communistic leader in China who defeated nationalists
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Yasser Arafat
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Leader of the Palestinians and PLO, recently died
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Kashmir
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area of land between india and pakistan, fighting for ownership
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Tibet
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Region in China fighting for independence from China
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Chechnya
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Region in Russia that is fighting for independence form Russia
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