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| roles specifically assigned to men or women in a culture |
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| referring to a city setting; usually has a high population density and diverse cultures. |
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| mountain range that runs through western Russia and is considered to be the dividing line between Europe and Asia |
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| containing a mix of peoples and cultures |
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| divisions of a cultures people based on wealth, power and prestige |
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| refers to how easy or hard it is to change one’s social class within a culture. |
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| region where people share common cultural characteristics |
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| area defined by one function that may cross political |
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| based on people’s attitudes and emotions about a place. Ex: the “Deep South” |
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Region that lies at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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| canal that connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea and shortens the traveling distance between Europe and Asia |
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| applies to all of the Americas south of the United States. It has 4 main areas, Mexico, Central America, the West Indies ( Caribbean) and South America |
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| An important human-made feature in this region that goes through the Isthmus of Panama joining the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and serves as a major route for International trade. |
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| Africa-the areas of Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Many different ethnic groups with animistic, Christian, and Islamic religions; many affected by the slave trade and colonization |
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| the Pacific islands of New Zealand ( colonized by the British) and other smaller nations like Tahiti that are spread across the South Pacific |
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the movement of greater numbers of people into cities
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| Human factors affect where people settle, like having a capital city at a central location; location along transportation routes; new technology can override physical barriers, and natural resources can attract settlers to an otherwise unfavorable area |
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| how many people live in a given area |
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| a visual that compares the number of males and females in a society and it includes the average ages of its members. Each group will be represented by a different bar |
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| a slum settlement where poor people live in dwellings made from scrap materials—such as plywood, corrugated metal and plastic sheets. |
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| -the major reasons for migration that either “push” people out of their old location while “pull” factors lure migrants to a new location. Ex: push- poverty, political conflict, environmental factors, oppression. Ex: pull- freedom, economic opportunity (jobs) cultural ties |
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how people organize into groups, such as religious groups.
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| when they need to migrate due to being persecuted for being members of a particular ethnic group. Ex: Rwandans needed to flee to neighboring countries to avoid being massacred |
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| when religious minorities have to leave a place due to their beliefs |
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| migration due to the environment, like a drought, crop failures, floods, fires, earthquakes that force people to migrate. |
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| when a migration is forced such as the Atlantic Slave Trade. This migration has accompanied war and the persecution of people throughout most of history. |
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| natural features that were once a migration to human migration. Examples are mountains, deserts or dense forests. |
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a natural feature where people used to be able to walk from one land mass to another, like across the Bering Strait now that used to be a land bridge from Asia to North America ( Alaska area)
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