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1st Qtr Geography Flashcards

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What is Relative Location?

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Around the location coordinates.

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What is Absolute Location?

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The exact coordinates of a location.

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What is place according to 5 themes of geography?

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Describes the human and physical characteristics to a location.

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What is Human Environment Interaction?

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Humans shaping the land.

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What is movement according to 5 themes of geography?

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Humans moving around and traveling.

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What is formal region?

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Official boundaries to places.

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What is Functional regions?

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Boundaries defined by there connections.

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What is vernacular region

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Perceived regions such as the West.

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What is civilization?

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Highly developed cultures.

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What is city-state?

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City and its surrounding countryside.

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What is polytheism?

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Belief in more than one god.

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What is theocracy?

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Form of government in which one individual ruled as both religious leader and king.

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What is cuneiform?

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Sumerian writing system using wedge shaped symbols pressed into clay.

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What is empire?

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Group of lands under one ruler.

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What is delta?

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Area formed from a soil deposit located at the mouth of a river.

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What is pharaoh?

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Ruler of ancient Egypt.

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What is a pyramid?

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Huge stone structure that served as an elaborate tomb or monument.

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What is hieroglyphics?

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Form of writing that uses signs and symbols.

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What is papyrus?

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Egyptian paper.

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What is Autocracy?

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IS A GOVERNMENT IN WHICH ONE PERSON HAS ALL THE POWER. TWO TYPES - A MONARCHY AND A DICTATORSHIP

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What is Monarchy?

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MONARCHY- A KING OR QUEEN RULES A COUNTRY. MONARCHY USUALLY COME TO POWER THROUGH A FAMILY LINE. “IN OLD TIMES” MONARCH HELD ALL THE POWER AND HAD FINAL SAY OVER GOVERNMENT. “IN MODERN TIMES” USUALLY SHARE POWER WITH OTHER PARTS OF GOVERNMENT.

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What is dictatorship?

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DICTATORSHIP- A FORM OF GOVERNMENT WHERE ONE LEADER HAS ABSOLUTE CONTROL OVER CITIZENS LIVES.

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What is representative democracy?

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REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY- CITIZENS ELECT LEADERS TO REPRESENT THEIR RIGHTS AND INTERESTS IN GOVERNMENT. CITIZENS HOLD THE ULTIMATE POWER- THEY ELECT THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

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What is direct democracy?

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DIRECT DEMOCRACY- THERE ARE NO REPRESENTATIVES. CITIZENS ARE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE “DAY TO DAY GOVERNING THE COUNTRY. BEST EXAMPLE IS ANCIENT GREECE. NOT PRACTICAL IN MODERN DAY.

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What is oligarchy?

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OLIGARCHY- GREEK WORD THAT MEANS “RULE BY A FEW” OFTEN A ONE POLITICAL PARTY—ONE SOCIAL CLASS–ONE RACE.

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What is junta?

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JUNTA- IS A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE -USUALLY MILITARY OFFICERS- WHO RULE COUNTRY AFTER TAKING IT BY FORCE.

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What is anarchy?

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ANARCHY– NOBODY IN CONTROL. OR EVERYONE IS. A STATE BEFORE GOVERNMENT WAS CREATED. A TRANSITION TO GET TO A NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT.

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What is an issue?

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Is not an event- is ongoing - has long term effects- is something we can do something about- is something with two or more sides ie: immigration, gun control.

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What is public policy?

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A definite course or method of action designed to meet the needs or goals of a group of people. ( US government or your family
Ie: Obama care, skateboarding at SoM, Majorana, smoking. ) rule or law!!!

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What is incentive?

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Rewards for behavior. Ie: money, material/ stuff, parse, food, TRACKS,privileges, competition, grades.

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What is disincentive mean?

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Deterrent or punishment for behavior

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What does scarcity mean

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Limited resources, UNLIMITED wants, you are forced to choose when you have limited resources.

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What Is choice?

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Choosing is refusing, scarcity causes us to choose,

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What is rational choice?

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Choosing in own best interest, as you perceive them, your personal preferences.

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What is Value?

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Based on tastes and preferences. The greater the supply the lower the price. * Buyers willingness to pay.

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What is cost?

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What we give up.

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What does Cost or opportunity Cost mean?

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Highest value alternative. The value of the NEXT best choice.

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What is PRICE?

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WILLINGNESS of buyer and ability of the buyer to purchase a

Product.

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What is cost/ benefit analysis?

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Compares benefits generated by an activity with its opportunity cost of production. The rule is benefits exceed costs than the activity is efficient and should be undertaken.

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What is 3rd party/externalities??

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3RD PARTY/ EXTERNALITIES - SPILLOVER - COST OR BENEFITS THAT ARE CAPTURED IN AN EXCHANGE EFFECTING OTHERS (I.E CAR POLLUTION - PESTICIDES)

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What is marginal analysis?

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MARGINAL ANALYSIS - (NEXT OR ADDITIONAL) PEOPLE DON’T MAKE CHOICES ALL OR NOTHING. HOW HARD IS IT TO GET TO THE NEXT UNIT.

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What is Taliban?

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‘Taliban’ is Arabic for ‘student’. When used in connection to an organization it refers to the extremist Muslim group, which seized control of Afghanistan.

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Who is Jimmy Carter?

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American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace prize.

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What is mujahideen ?

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guerrilla fighters in Islamic countries, esp. those who are fighting against non-Muslim forces.

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Who is Leonid Brezhnev ?

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Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev was the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, presiding over the country from 1964 until his death in 1982. 1979 leader

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Stinger missile, what is it?

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Stinger is a personal portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile ( SAM), which can be adapted to fire from ground vehicles or helicopters

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Who is Ronald Reagan ?

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Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States. Prior to his presidency, he served as the 33rd Governor of California, and was a radio, film and television actor

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What is Kabul?

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Kabul, also spelled Cabool, Caubul, Kabol, or Cabul, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan. ( or just the capital of Afghanistan?

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Amendment

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A change or a addition to a legal document. This is why the constitution is called “Living Document”. Constitution has 27 amendments

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Amendment 5:

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Prohibits trial for a crime except on indictment of a Grand Jury and double jeopardy.

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Amendment 6

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Right to a public and speedy trial by an impartial jury

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Amendment 7:

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Right to trial by a jury in civil cases.

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Amendment 8:

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Prohibits imposing cruel, unusual punishments and fines, prohibits granting excessive bails.

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Amendment 9:

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Assures the recognition of those rights that people may have but are not listed here.

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Amendment 10

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Provides that the powers that are not given to the United States nor prohibited by the constitution are reserved to the states respectively or to the people.

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Constitutional Convention

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The meeting of state delegates in Philadelphia in 1787 that resulted in the writing of the Constitution.

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New Jersey Plan

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a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state.

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Virginia Plan

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a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a legislature of two houses with proportional representation in each house and executive and judicial branches to be chosen by the legislature.

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Federalist

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A person who favored the plan of government created by the Constitution.

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Anti-Federalist

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A person who opposed ratification of the Constitution.

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