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48 Cards in this Set
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Chemical Weathering
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rock is changed into a new substance b/c of an interaction of air/water elements with the minerals
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Mechanical Weathering
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Breaking rock into smaller and smaller pieces (changes only rock size)
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Erosion
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weathered material is MOVED by wind water ice rain
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RElief
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steeper slopes (mountain sides) eroded easily and don't produce soil quickly
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Equinox
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days and nights are equal all around the world
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Convectional weathering
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convection occurs after morning sun heats moist air: clouds form in afternoon
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Orographic
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mountain areas: storms drop more rain on windward side/ creates shawdow on leeward side
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Factors that influence climate
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wind currents, ocean currents, zones of latitude, elevation
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Culture
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total knowledge attitudes and behaivors shared and passed on by members of a specific group
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innovation
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taking existing technology and creating something new to meet a need
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Diffusion
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spread of ideas inventions, patterns of behavior ; can happen quickly
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Birthrate-
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number of live births per thousand population
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RNI-
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rate of natural increase; pop. growth rate
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Infant Mortality rate
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number of infant deaths (under 1) per thousand live births
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Population density
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how heavily populated an area is; average number of people per square mile; divides the number of inhabitants in an are by the amount of land they occupy
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Carrying Capacity
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number of organisms a piece of land can support
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Push-Pull factors
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- reasons for migrating; pf are reasons people leave (ex. environmental disaster or conditions; war; persecution)
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State-
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describes an independent unit that occupies a specific territory & has full control of it’s internal and external affairs (country)
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Nation-
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group of people w/ common culture living in a territory and having a strong sense of unity
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Nation-State
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when a nation and state occupy the same territory
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Dictatorship
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an individual or group of people hold COMPLETE political power
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Communism-
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in this gov. and economic system nearly all political power and means of production are held by the government in name of all people
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Natural Resources
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Renewable
Nonrenewable Inexhaustible |
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Infrastructure
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basic support system needed to keep an economy going:power communications, transportation
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Gross Domestic Product
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total value of all goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time
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Gross National Product
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measure the economy of a country: total value of all goods and services produced by a country over a year...
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per capita income
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average amount of money earned by each person
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Formal regions
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definite size (limits boundries) countries states and cities
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functional regions
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large metropolitian regions area with a central place and a profound impact on the surrounding area
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Place
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physical characteristics
human characteristics |
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Perceptual/informal regions
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defined by cultural non=traditional factors(natural resources, beliefs)
Bible belt |
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Adapt (1)
Modify (2) Depend (3) |
1-allowing enviroment to have its way
2- modify-build dams roads 3- food sun trees |
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rural
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country
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suburban
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mixed
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urban
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city
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qualities of a state/country
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territory
boundries soverignty population |
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Nation (charc)
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a group of people from similar area having a strong sense of unity (cultural)
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Uses of land
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residential
industrial commercial |
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traditional economy
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dating back to early civilizations: simple trade
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command economy-
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run by the gov. (controls everything)
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mixed economy
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combo of command and market types
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market economy
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economy run by the forces at work in an open marketplace
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How do countries manage resources?
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establish infastructure (communitcationsystems, water, power ect.)
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Types of urban developing
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concentic zone model
sector zones model mutiple nuclei model |
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Language as part of culture
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Lang. helps to establish cultural identities
languages have dialec ts |
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Big three
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christianity judaism and islam
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How to figure RNI
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birthrate- mortality rate= RNI
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acculturation
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changing a culture after adopting new ideas
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