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Geography

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Geography
Study of human/non-human characteristics
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Longitude
Lines pole to pole - Verticle - E+W
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Latitude
Lines parellel to equator - Horizontal - N+S
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Location
Exact or relative
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Place
Building or Areas
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Region
Area or space with different characteristics
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Movement
Migration of people or things
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Human Environment Interactions
how humans interact with environment
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Weathering
breaking down of rock
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erosion
water/ice/wind moves weathered rock
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plate techtonics
earths crust and upper mantle broken into moving pieces
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fault
seams in earths crust
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weather
current temperature
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climate
avg weather
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tropics
close to equator - always hot
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water cycle
evaporation, condensation, precipitation
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temp zones
different temp for different placees
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population density
amount of people per unit of land
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emigrate
leave country
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push factor
push you away from a country - bad
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pull factor
pull you towards country - good
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urbanization
movement from rural to urban environments
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culture
beliefs, customs, practices, and behaviors of a group of people
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society
group of people with shared culture who organize themselves to meet their needs
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cultural diffusion
spread of cultural traits from 1 place to another
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deceloped country
economic activity on manufacturing
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developing country
starting to manu goods
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Gross Domestic Product
total value of goods/services produces in 1 country in 1 year
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democracy
power of the people
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Authoritatian Gov
Complete control over its population
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monarchy
inherited power
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unitary system
central gov makes all laws
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federal system
federal and regional gov share laws
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primary source
written from person who experienced it
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secondary source
not from person who experienced it
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POV
perspective - way a person sees a matter
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