World Geography Semester Test Review

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Geography

The study of physical features and the earth and people in it

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Demography

The study of population

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Doubling time

The amount of time it takes a country’s population to double

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Formal Region

Well-defined areas that share common characteristics

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Vernacular Regions

Area of people that believe is part of their cultural identity

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Birth Rate

Number of births per year per 1000 people

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Death Rate

Number of deaths per year per 1000 people

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Exponential Growth

Growth rate of a population

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Water

World’s most precious commodity

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Land

Physical space and natural resources

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Labor

The workers

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Capital

Money and equipment

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Entrepreneurship

The ideas and drive

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9 Reservations of South Dakota

Pine Ridge, Sisseton-Wahpeton, Yankton, Cheyenne River, Flandreu, Rosebud, Crow Creek, Lower Brule, Standing Rock

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Florida

Has less shorelines than South Dakota

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Black Elk Peak

Highest Point in South Dakota

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Missouri River

Divides South Dakota into East and West River

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4 Great Lakes of South Dakota

Lake Oahe, Lake Sharpe, Lewis & Clark Lake, Lake Francis Case

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Mecca

City that Muslims face when they pray

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Jerusalem

Sacred city for 3 major religions

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Asia

Middle East is located in

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Qatar

Richest country in the Middle East

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Migrant Labor

Type of workforce that most Middle East countries have

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Islam, Judaism, Christianity

Top 3 religions in the middle east

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Refugee

People who are forced out of a country who want to go back.

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Immigrant

Person who moves from a country who doesn’t want to go back

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Brain Drain

Best people leave a country to find work in other places

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Remittance

Workers send money back to their home country and family members

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Eco-Tourism

Make money off of natural attractions, employs lots of people

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Indochina

Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam

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Heart

Shape of the Black Hills

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Where the Lakota, Dakota, Nakota creation stories are

Why are the Black Hills sacred?

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Israel

Which country in the Middle East is not predominantly Muslim?

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Non-national

What type of workforce do most Middle Eastern countries rely on?

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