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| People and groups within a society. |
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| The study of people, places, and environment. |
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| Study of money and the buying and selling of goods |
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| Beliefs and customs of people. |
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| A belief shared by a culture. |
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| An area in the world that has about the same culture. |
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| spreading culture around the world |
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| acceptance of many cultures |
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| a nickname of the US - blending of many cultures |
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| Religion that believes in Jesus |
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| Monotheistic religion that was founded by Abraham and followers are called Jews |
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| Monotheistic religion that believes that Mohammed is the prophet. |
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| religion developed in ancient India. Believe in reincarnation |
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| Who and what have come and gone |
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| Characteristics such as climate, soil, land use |
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| Human-Environment Interaction |
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How people have changed and been changed
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| the exact spot on earth that a place can be found. Uses coordinates |
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| The location of one's place in relation to another place |
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| shows political divisions ex countries |
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| reasons why people leave a place - poverty, war, unrest |
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| reasons people want to move to a place - education, money, freedom |
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| a geographic feature that prevents or slows down transportation |
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| a path that makes transportation easier |
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| to move from one area to settle in antoher |
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| natural barriers such as canyons, mountains, rivers |
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| shows north, south, east and west on a map |
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| 0 degree line of latitude that divides the world into two hemisphers |
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| 0 degree line of longitude; splits the earth in two |
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| imaginary lines that run north and south on the earth. |
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| imaginary lines that run east and west on the earth. |
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| prepare and process raw materials |
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| turn raw materials into product |
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| do not make or consume goods. Help |
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| the raw materials used to create goods |
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| the tools to get the job done |
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| Government control of resources, production, and pricing |
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| Determined by social and cultural customs. Allocation of resources, goods, and services may be determined by local leaders. |
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| conflict between people's desires and their limited resources |
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| rivalry among businesses to sell goods to consumers and make the greatest profit |
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| statistics that show how a country's economy is doing |
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| High Level of Development |
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| high = educated and wealthy, technology |
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| tells how well a country’s economy is doing |
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| how long people are expected to live |
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| Exchange of money, goods, and/or services |
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| restrict trade through tariffs to keep other countries from competing |
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| reduce trade barriers between US, Canada, and Mexico |
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| A form of government in which ruling power is in the hands of the people) |
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| A form of government in which ruling power is in the hands of a person who has gained power by promising the poor people that he will do good things for them, so they will support him. ) |
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| A form of government in which ruling power is in the hands of one person who retains his power for life. |
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| (A form of government, which ruling power is in the hands of a few powerful people (usually the wealthy upper class.) |
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| (a form of government in which people rule through elected representatives.) |
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| (an economic and political system in which property is owned collectively and labor is organized in a way that is supposed to benefit all people.) |
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| (A government whose leader has complete control over a country’s government). |
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| (A government headed by a king or queen who has little or no political power. The real power lies with a governing body of elected representatives and headed by a Prime Minister). |
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| takes natural resources from the earth. Ex: (Logging, mining, fishing, agriculture (farming) |
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| makes products using natural resources Ex: (construction, factories, processing plants) |
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| sells a product or provides a service Ex: (restaurants, supermarket, schools, hospitals) |
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| gathers information then provides it to support other levels of industry Ex: ( research, survey companies, news, entertainment) |
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| poor economy, low literacy rates, poor services |
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