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GWA Final Prt. 1 Flashcards

1
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Define Imperialism

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A policy of extending one’s own rule to a foreign country

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2
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Define Urbanization

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The increase of people living in towns and cities. Shift from rural areas to urban

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Diffusion

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The movement of customs or ideas from one place to another

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4
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Population Density

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The concentration on how many people are in an area

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5
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Literacy

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The ability to read and write

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6
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What age does the Old Stone Age

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Paleolithic Age

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7
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What age does the Middle Stone Age

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Mesolithic Age

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8
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What age does the New Stone Age

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Neolithic

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9
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What was the shift called from hunting to farming

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Agricultural Revolution

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10
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What are the five characteristics needed for a civilization

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-Organized Government
-Organized Religion
-Social Classes
-Division of Labor
-System of Writing

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11
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What are 3 different types of maps

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Population map, Political map (boundaries), and resource map

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12
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What connects equal places of rainfall?
Tempreture?

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Rainfall: Isohyet

Temp: Isotherms

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13
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What is the dependence of countries on goods?

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Commodity Dependence

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14
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What is the description of a place using physical & human characteristics?

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Place

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15
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What is the Patriarchal Family?

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The eldest male is in charge of the family

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16
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What is a Matriarchal family

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The eldest female is in charge of the family

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17
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What is the Mercator Projection map

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Distorts the poles

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18
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What is the Interrupted Projection map

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Distorts the distances of landmasses (ocean)

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19
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What is Peter’s Projection map

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Distorts landmasses

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20
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What is Robinson’s Projection

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Map we use today, only distorts the pacific ocean

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21
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Describe the Aztecs

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Most successful civilization, died out from disease passed from the Spanish, big on sacrifice

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22
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Describe the Olmecs

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First Mesoamerican civilization, stayed for a short period of time. Known as the Rubber people

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23
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Describe the Incas

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In Peru upon the Machu Picchu Mountain (apart of Andes mountain range)

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24
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Describe the Mayas

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South Mexico & Guatemala. Had a slash and burn agricultural system

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25
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What was the Bay of Pigs

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The attempt to overthrow Castro (a communist dictator that took over Cuba), but failed

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26
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What do the Great Antilles consist of

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Consist of Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico

27
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What do the Lesser Antilles consist of

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The rest of the Caribbean

28
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What is the volcanic & earthquakes region of Latin America called

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Ring of Fire

29
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What is the Pampas

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A flat grass-land that is home for the Gauchos, located in Argentina

30
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What are the Sierra Madres

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The mountain ranges along the east and west coast of Mexico

31
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What is the Atacama

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The Atacama Desert is the oldest desert in the world

32
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What is Angel Falls

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The tallest river in the world, in Venezuela. Named after James Angel

33
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What is Devil’s Is.

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Was a French penal colony, an island off the coast of French Guiana

34
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What is the Bridge of Americas

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North and South America, a highway that connects the two and goes over bodies of water. (Starts in Alaska, ends in Argentina)

35
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What is Easter Island

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An island with stone heads

36
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What are the Galapagos Is. famous for

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Where Charles Darwin experimented his idea of adaptation

37
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What are Gauchos

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Latin American Cowboys

38
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What is the boundary of Oceania?

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Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, 3 island groups (Micronesia, Polynesia, Melanesia)

39
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Where do most people live in Australia?

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Mostly near the east coast

40
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Who was the first person (European) to arrive in Australia

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Dutch, Abel Tasman

41
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Where does AUS rank in the world (population & area)

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Pop.: 55th
Area: 6th area, 7th continental

42
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What is the only major city on the west coast of AUS

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Perth

43
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What is the most common language spoken in Africa?

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Arabic

44
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What happened at the Berlin conference?

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The rivers/water were declared neutral (for the use of trade) & divide Africa among the 4 European nations

45
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Who controlled most of Africa in the 1800’s

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France

46
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What percent of Africa is tropical

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18%

47
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Who are the Mau Mau’s

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Began a Guerilla Campaign against Europe and fellow Africans

48
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What is Nationalism

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The loyalty and pride in one’s country

49
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What are poor farmers of Latin America called

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Peons

50
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Name of first four independent countries in Africa

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Liberia, Egypt, Ethiopia, South Africa

51
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What is the dry land below the Sahara desert called

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Sahel

52
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Which European country controls the Falkland Is.

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U.K

53
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Who is the head of the Constitutional Monarchy of Canada

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Charles the 3rd

54
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Name the five themes of geography

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Movement, Region, Location, Interaction, Place (Mr.Lip)

55
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What year did Mr. Perry travel the world

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1989

56
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What is the national dish of Canada

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Poutine

57
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Where was the first University established in the Western Hemisphere

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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

58
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Name an example of a sub continent

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India

59
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Which type of map shows topography

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Physical

60
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What is the Southern tip of S. America called

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Cape Horn

61
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Which Latin American country has a rainforest, other than Brazil

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Costa Rica

62
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What religion was practiced by all early civilizations

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Polytheism

63
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Which country in Latin America was first to receive independence

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Haiti

GWA (After Latin A.) (47 decks)

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