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Common cultural traits that are shared by most people in a particular society are

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Norms

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The things that distinguish one culture from another are

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Cultural traits

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Culture can help define which geographic concept

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Regions

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Religion is the part of culture that is often responsible for guiding people in matters of

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Ethics

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4
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In general all religions have

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Prayers and rituals

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5
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The worlds major religions began in

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Asia

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Hinduism in sickhism are two religions centered in

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South Asia

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The spread of Islam illustrates the process of cultural diffusion through

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Trade

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Technology tends to

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Speed up cultural diffusion

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9
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In general all cultures

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Experience change over time

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Historically people have created governments to

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Keep order and provide services

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Today governments generally pay for the goods and services they provide to their people by

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Collecting taxes from people and businesses

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Today the powers of the government are usually recorded in

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Constitution

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13
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Historically the first dates to merge were

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City states

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What is the most important common form of state today

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Nationstate

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A form of government that is much more common today than earlier and history is

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Democracy

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Which of the following government actions reflect the use of democratic principles

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Passing laws by majority rule

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In the United States the branch of government responsible for making laws is the

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Legislative branch

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The three branches of the United States government or the

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Legislative, executive, and judicial branches

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Under the system of checks and balances, each branch of government

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Has the ability to limit the power of the other branches

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The original system by which consumers and producers exchange goods is known as

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Market

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In theory, competition among producers should

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Help consumers

22
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When economic growth the clients for six months or more, it is called

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A recession

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Economic systems different terms of the roles of

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Individuals, businesses, and governments

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Four basic types of economic system are

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Traditional, market, command, and mixed

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Makes economy, which is the most common type of economic system, combines aspects of

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Command and market economies only

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Which of the following was true of hunters and gatherers

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They owned only what they could carry

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Which of the following is the best exclamation for how plants became domesticated

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Certain seas were selected for replanting

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One early people first began to form what materials that they use to build their dwellings

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Mud and straw

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Information about goods and services in their production and use define societies

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Social structure

30
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The economy of early villages and cities was based mainly on

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Farming

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In order to reduce her plus food people needed natural resources as well as

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Tools and labor

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With the development of farming, people could spend most of their time doing one job or

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Specializing

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Why did the earliest civilizations appear in areas like Mesopotamia in the Indus Valley

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Because these areas were near rivers and fertile soil

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People were first able to start living in Seattle communities when

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When they domesticated plants and animals

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Early cities needed more government in farming villages did because

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Growing populations needed more management

36
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When archaeologist study and excavation site, objects phone closer to the surface are

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Not as old as those found a deeper layers

37
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Which falsified was located in Olduvai George in Tanzania

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The Leakey’s Discovery

38
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Where did many scientists believe that human life began

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Africa

39
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Why was French fossil hunting Michael béarnaise discovery so important

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Because it was old and it was found in Central, not East Africa

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Which technology had a major effect on early human development

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The use of fire

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Earliest tools were often made from

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Stone

42
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Which of the following was a major advantage that Homo sapiens head over the Neanderthals

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More complex language skills

43
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Which group represents modern humans

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Homo sapiens

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According to the map the last continent on Earth to be populated by humans was

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South America

45
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Why were archaeologist interested in the cave paintings phone near Lasix and south France

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The paintings provided evidence that humans have become more complex

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The burial practices in our work of early humans suggest that these people may have practiced animism, a belief that

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The natural world was filled with spirits