world Geography mid term Flashcards

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Subsistence Agriculture

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farming enough for you family to survive/rural

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Commercial (Market-orientated) agriculture

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farming for a profit on a large scale

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Cottage Industry

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making things at home to sell

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What are the elements of culture?

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Language, religion, architecture, food, clothing, ect,

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What type f economy would be created as trading increased around the world

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Free enterprise

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Due to globalization, where be created as trading increased around the world?

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Countries trade products based on their resources and specialization of products.

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What affects climate the most?

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Latitude and distance from water

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democracy

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people get to vote, have a say, and control their own media

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Dictatorship

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one person controls all people, state controlled media, people cannot criticize the government

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Constitutional monarchy

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King or Queen share power with elected officials

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Theocracy

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ruled by god or religious leader

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communism

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government owns all businesses and controls production of goods.

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Freeenterprise

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People own private business, limited government involvement, wide variety of products.

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Socialism

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government controls large business, people own small business, well-fare for everyone

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Traditional

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Mostly agriculture, cottage industry, skills/job passed down from parents.

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Primary

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Taking resources from land; fishing, farming; less developed.

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Secondary

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Making resources into something of value newly developed

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Tertiary

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Services; teacher; lower; Large urban areas

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Quaternary

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More tech and education. managers; more developed

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What attracts people to Urban areas from the Rural areas?

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promise of jobs

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PWhat are examples of natural borders?

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Mountains rivers coast lines,

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Nationalism

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identifying with and supporting the best interests of your country.

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Patriotism

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love, devotion for your country =

24
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When Europeans countries colonized places of the world, what did they change?

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Culture (language, religion, food, eat)

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What technological inventions allowed cities to be successful and not need to be near water?
Railroads, airplanes, highways,
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Cultural convergence
when one culture takes something from another culture and mistakes it their own
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Cultural divergence
Maintaining your own culture and not changing it
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Globalization
The world is becoming similar because of trade and communication technology.
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Diffusion
The spread of culture
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Cultural relativism
Not judging another culture based on your own
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What does monotheism mean?
One god
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List three ways Judaism, Christianity and Islam are similar.
monotheistic, orginated on same, region (Middle East), holy book.
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if it is summer in the Northern hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere and why?
Winter, they are opposite
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What can the movement of plate tectonics cause?
Mountains, Earthquakes, Tsunamis, rifts
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Let types of erosion, which one Is the most powerful
Wind, WATER, and ice
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List ways how human modify the environment
Build dams, canals, tunnels, bridges, terrace farming, deforestation, pollution
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Genocide
Deliberate killing of a group go people based on nationality or ethnicity
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Terrorism
Unlawful use o violence. animation for political gain
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Rural
Country life, agriculture and raising livestock as jobs, less education, more religious, traditional
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Urban
City life, public transportation, variety of jobs, education, advanced technology, modern.
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Renewable resources
Hydroelectric power, Lumber, Solar power
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Non-renewable resources
Natural gas, coal, oil