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Mid Term Flashcards

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What is the ring of fire

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Zone around the rim of the Pacific ocean with many active volcanoes

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What is a tributary

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A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake

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What is a river basin

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An area of land drained by a river and its tributaries

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The area where an earthquake originated from

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Th epicenter

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What are the factors that influence climate

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The average temperature and precipitation

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What is weather

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Weather is the temporary condition of the location

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What is climate

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The average temperature of a place over a long period of time

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What is physical weathering

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Breaking down rock into smaller pieces. It doesn’t change the composition of rock, only its size

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What is chemical weathering

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Rocks change into a new substance as a result of interaction between elements in the air or water and the minerals in the rock

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What are the five themes of geography

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Movement- movement of people and goods
Region- and area that has similar, unifying characteristics
Location – position on the earth surface
integration – integration between people and their environment
Place – physical features (climate, animals, etc)

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What is absolute location

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The exact place on earth where a geographic feature, such as the city, is found

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What is relative location

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Describes the place in comparison to other places around it

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What is a nonrenewable resource

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It can’t be replaced

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What is a renewable resource

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They can be replaced

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What is an inexhaustible resource

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There is an unlimited amount of them

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What is desertification and how does it affect humans

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Desertification is when fertile land becomes desert, usually because of the drought and deforestation . It impacts human because the people living in the area have no more food and water and are forced to move

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What is population distribution

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The spread of people across the world

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It is a population pyramid and what is its purpose

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It is a diagram that shows you the distribution of different age groups. It can show us how events affect the population and it is an easy source to show us rapid increase or decrease in population

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What is urbanization

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A dramatic rise in the amount of people moving into cities and the changes that result from it

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What is immigration

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The act of coming to live permanently in a foreign country

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What is emigration

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People moving out of the place

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What is migration

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People moving into a place

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What are push factors

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Factors that make you want to leave a place

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What are Pull factors

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Factors that make you want to move to a place

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What are the factors that make a country underdeveloped

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Fast growing population/high birth rate, death rate, and infant mortality rate/literacy rate is low/life expectancy is low

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What are the factors that make a country developing

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Not growing fast/life expectancy is pretty old/literacy rate is 50 to 90%/ birthrate death rate, and infant mortality rates are pretty low

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What are the factors that make a country developed

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Slow-growing/old life expectancy/literacy rate is over 90%/birthrate, death rate, and infant mortality rate are very low

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28
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Taking a piece of technology and improving upon it is an example of what

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Innovation

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29
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Who’s technology distributed throughout the world in regards to LDC, and NIC, and MDC nations

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Few technology in LDS/some technology and NIC/a lot of technology in MDC

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30
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What is culture

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Total knowledge of values, attitudes, and Norms shared by and passed on by the members of a specific group

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What is cultural diffusion

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A discussion and sharing of ideas, beliefs, or concepts between different cultural groups

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What is nationalism

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A feeling of pride and loyalty towards ones country

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What is race

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Socially meaningful category of people who share biologically transmitted traits that are obvious and considered important

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What is ethnicity

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A specific group that shares a language, customs, and common heritage

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What is monotheism

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The belief in one God (christianity, Islam, Judaism)

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What is polytheistic

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The belief in many gods(Buddhism)

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37
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What are the three major subdivisions of Christianity

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Eastern orthodox, Catholicism, and Protestant

38
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How do you read salvation in Buddhism

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Giving up selfish desires

39
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What is the holy book of Judaism

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The Torah

40
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What is the holy book of Christianity

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The Bible

41
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What is the holy book of Islam

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The Quran

42
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What is the holy book of Hinduism

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The Veda

43
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The holy book of Buddhism

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The sutras

44
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Where do Jewish people worship

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Synagogues

45
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Where do Christians worship

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Churches

46
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Where do Islam’s worship

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Mosques

47
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Where do Hindus worship

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Temples

48
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Where Do Buddhists worship

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Temples

49
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Who is the founder of Judaism

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Moses

50
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Who is the founder of Christianity

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Jesus

51
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Who is the founder of Islam

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Muhamed

52
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Who is the founder of Hinduism

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No founder

53
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Who is the founder of Buddhism

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The Buddha/Siddhartha Gautama

54
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Why do countries trade

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They trade with each other when they’re country does not have that resource

55
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What is a monarchy

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It’s efficient and there’s never any doubt Who the next ruler will be. There is no voting and a ruling family can be a strong man holding a nation together

56
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What is a dictatorship

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The leader seizes there power usually through force, leader can easily restore peace and order, people don’t have a voice,

57
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What is the theocracy

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A government headed by religious leaders/ people are government through rule of law laid out by religion, encourages political and social unity, decisions are in line with peoples morals and values

58
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What is direct democracy

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People vote directly and determine lawns and policies, popular sovereignty, people have a lot of power, time-consuming

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What is a single party state

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Power is exercised by the leading members of the party who formed the political elite, I would much of the political wrangling that is common in other forms of government, easier to pass laws, a small group of people out of everyone have the power

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What is parliamentary democracy

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Lawmakers vote, no uneducated people can vote, laws are passed quicker, people don’t really say in what’s going on, no clear separation between executive and legislative branches

61
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What is a presidential democracy

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The people vote, people have said what’s going on, defined separation of power

62
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What is a unitary state

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A system of government where the central government is the supreme power, authority is made by the central government for all people, no state for subdivisions, upper government and bypasses everyone to act directly for the people

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What is federalism

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Dividepower between a central government and various consistent governments, central government is usually more focus on the people as a whole, written constitution,act directly on its citizens

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What is a confederation

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Divided between the national and state authorities in which primary power rest with and the individual states or semi autonomous areas, National government must go through the state acting directly on the people, states can overrule federal government, national government is typically only use two to negotiate treaties or organize defense and print courtesy

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What is a capitalist economy

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Free enterprise, free market, countries trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit rather than by the state, consumers make decisions, they will be winners and losers

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What is a command economy

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Communism, system which decisions regarding production and investment are embodied in a plan formulated by the central authority usually buy a public body such as a government agency, attempts to eliminate some of the classes and the need for money, everyone has a job, no bankruptcy, the government is in total control, consumer has no choice

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What is a Socialist economy

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Mixed economy, both the private sector and state direct the economy reflecting characteristics of both market economies and planned economies, government pay for healthcare, redistribution of wealth from Rich the poor, almost every market economy has some government control

68
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What explains the reason for seasons

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The tilt of earths axis

69
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What are the basic principles of Buddhism

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The 4 noble truths, meditation, the seek nirvana

70
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What are the basic principals of Islam

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5 pillars of faith (declaration of faith, pray 5times daily, fastiry, giving to charity, pilgrimage to Mecca)

71
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What are the followers of Judaism called

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Jews

72
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What are the followers of Christianity called

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Christians

73
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What are the followers of Islam called

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Muslims

74
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What are the followers of Hinduism called

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Hindus

75
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What are the followers of Buddhism called

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Buddhists

76
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What is the reasons for seasons

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The tilt of earths axis

77
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What internal forces cause earthquakes

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Earths plates moving together

78
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What internal forces cause volcanoes

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Earths temperature because once it reaches a certain point it explodes

79
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What are the internal and external forces that cause mountains

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Internal are plates colliding

External is erosion

80
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What is cultural hearth

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A site of innovation from which basic ideas, materials, and technology diffuse to many cultures

81
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What is innovation

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Taking existing technology and resources and creating something new to meet a need

82
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What is assimilation

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The blending of cultures

83
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What is adaptation

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Humans changing the way we live to survive in that environment

84
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What is modification

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Humans changing the environment to fit us and what we want

85
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What is dependency

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Humans interacting with the environment but not changing anything about it

86
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What is animistic religion

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Animals and nature have spirits

87
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What is movement in 5 themes

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Movement of people and goods

88
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What is region in five themes

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An area that has similar, unifying characteristics

89
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What is location if five themes

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Position on the earths surface

90
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What is integration in five themes

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Integration between people and their environment

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What is place in five themes

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Physical features (climate, animals,etc.)

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