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Guns Germs And Steel + Vocab Flashcards

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Conquistador

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Spanish conquerer of the americas

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Genetics

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Field of biology dealing with heredity

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Ingenuity

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Cleverness

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Cultivate/cultivation

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(The act of) preparing and using land for crops

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Domesticate

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Change from a wild state to a tame or cultivated state

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Agrarian

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Having to do with farming

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Livestock

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Domestic animals raised for food

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Carnivore

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Meat eatung

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Surplus

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Excess

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Latitude

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Distance north and south of the equatir

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Longitude

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Distance east or west of the prime meidian

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Tropics/tropical

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Hot and humid, between tropics of cancer/capricorn

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Equator

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Imaginary horizontal line around the earth

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Temperate

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Mild temperature/climate

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Capitalism

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Economic/political system where a country’s trade/industry are controlled by private owners

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Climate

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A region with specific weather

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Cultural diffusion

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The spread of culture/knowledge

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Cultural hearth

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Places where early civilizations emerged and spread their culture

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Cultural region

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A region where people share common cultural characteristics

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Culture

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The ways of life of a population that are passed down from generation to generation

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Ethnocentrism

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When people view their own culture as the standard of how other people should behave

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Geography

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The study of where people, places, and things are located and how they are related

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Globalization

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The widening exchange of culture traits

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Independence

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Not depending on another, free form outside control

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Interdependence

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The dependance of two or more things on each other

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Map projections

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Help display earth from different angles/pov

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Social class

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A division of society based on social/economic class

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Social mobility

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Movement of people within a social status

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Special purpose map

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Type of graphics that describe the social/physical geography of an area

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Subculture

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A cultural group within a larger culture

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Topography

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Arrangement of natural/artificial physical features of an area

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UDHR

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Universal declaration of human rights

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What are the three major elements that separate the worlds haves and have nots

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Guns germs and steel

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Who has dominated the globe

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Europe

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What was New Guinea like 400 years ago

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Culturally diverse, adaptable, Hunter gatherers

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What is cargo

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Material goods

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What does cargo represent

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Power/resources

38
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What is diamonds central question

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How did our worlds become so different

39
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What do all prosperous nations have in common

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Technology, large population, workforce

40
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When we’re people living without inequality

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13000 years ago

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Why did the Stone Age people of the Middle East farm

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Unable to leave water source, needed a source of food

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How were people first able to settle into villages

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Found a water source, grew crops, built homes, expanded overtime

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Why were hunter gatherers always at a disadvantage

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Hunting took skill/energy, not always accurate, not enough nutrition, excessive travel

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How have crops created wealth in the US

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Crops were nutritious/productive

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How did the domestication of animals help people

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Had steady, dependable food supply, provided materials for clothing, helped with crops

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How many species of wild animals exist

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2 million

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What makes a species suitable for domestication

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Group mentality, large herbivores, had something to provide, high reproductive rate, get along with humans

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Where were most domesticated animals native to

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Asia, North Africa, and europe

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What advantages did countries with livestock have (geographic luck)

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They had desirable animals and climate, were able to advance faster

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How did the movement of the Fertile Crescent support the idea that geography plays a key role in a civilizations success

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Access to farming, animals, overall had a head start, even when they left their geography was on their side

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What are the five themes of geography

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Location, region, place, interaction between people and their environment, movement

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What are the seven themes of culture

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Social organization, government, economic systems, religion, arts and literature, language, customs and traditions

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What causes culture to change

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Cultural diffusion, migration, war, trade, advancements

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Why is cultural diffusion positive

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Experience other cultures/povs, broadens view of world, can lead to advancements

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Why is globalization positive

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Lead to advancements, promote equality, help economy through trade

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What are two major ways that cultures change over time

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Advance technologically/economically, change lifestyles

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Why is it important to be globally and geographically literate

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Helps navigation, making political deductions, helps prevent stereotyping/ethnocentrism

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