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Chapter 1 Section; Chapter 3 Section 1 & 2

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How geographers use tools to understand the earth   to view global or local change  
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What type of technology do geographers use   Sonar, GPS, GIS  
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5 Themes of Geography   Location of Place, Character of Place,How places are same & different.How people move people, good & ideas move.How people interact with natural enviornment  
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How Geographers can identify location,place & region   Absolute and relative location. Physical & Human Characteristics  
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Why movement & human enviornment interaction is important to geographers   People do not exist in isolation, they are affected by other peolpe  
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How movement & human enviornment interaction can affect the enviornment   Humans and their movement can help and hurt the enviornment  
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Why population density is different around the world   it is different because people can't live in some areas of the world because of the harsh weather climates  
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Why are some possible effects (positive and negative) of population growth   New growth has brought new plants & wildlife has placed strain on things like water supplies  
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The elements of culture   beliefs and actions that define a group  
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How can culture change   through cultural conuerrance  
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Analyze map on p.88-89 to see where the densest populations are   East Asia, South Asia, Europe and eastern North America  
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Why has population growth dramatically increased over the past few centuries   increased food production, better medical care and help people live longer  
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4 characteristics shared by all countries   defined territory, population,sovereignty & government  
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3 Types of Government structure   unitary, federation & confederate  
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3 types of economic systems   traditional, command and free market  
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Types of government authority   authoritarian, dictatorship, totultarian and monarch  
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Sovereignty   a countries freedom  
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unitary system   a system in government where there is one central government that holds the power  
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federation   a government structure in which some powers are given to a national government and other powers are reserved for more local governments  
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confederation   system wheresmaller polotical units keeps their sovereignty and gives the central government only very little power  
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Authoritarian   descriptive of a system of government in which the leaders hold all political power  
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Dictatorship   power is concentration ina smaller group of one person  
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Totalitarianism   a government in which a central controls all aspects of society  
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Monarchy   a system of authoritarian government headed by a monarch. ruled by Kings & Queens  
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Democracy   people can get a vote, they can chose their leaders ect.  
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Traditional economy   people produce only enough goods for only their family  
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Market economy   a system where the individauls get what they want and buy what they want or make  
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Command economy   controlled by the government  
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Geography   is a study where people, places, and things are located and how they relate to each other  
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GIS   uses computer technology to collect, manipulate, analyzeand display data about the earth's surface inorder to solve geographic problems  
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Absolute location   it's position on the globe  
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Hemisphere   a half of the earth;the equator divides the northern and southern hemisphesere; the prime meridian divides the Eastern and Western hemispheresworld into two (2) halves  
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Relative location   it's relation compared to other places  
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Character of a place   consists of teh place's physical and human characteristics  
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Perception   is a viewpoint that is influenced by one's own culture and experiences  
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Formal region   are areas in which certain characteristics are found throughout the area  
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Functional region   consists of a central place and the surrounding places affected by it  
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Perceptual region   are defined by prople's feelings and attitudes about ares  
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Culture   the beliefs and actions that define a group of peoples way of life  
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Population density   the average amount of people living in a given area (in a square mile or square kilometer0  
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Birthrate   number of live births each year per 1000 people  
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Immigrant   A person who move in a country  
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Emigrant   people who leave the country to live in other places  
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Urbanization   the growth of a city population  
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Rural   countryside population  
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Culture hearth   refers to a place to where important ideas begin and from what they spread to surrounding cultures  
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Cultural convergence   occurs when the skills, art, ideas, habits and institutions of one culture come in contact with those of other cultures  
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Diffusion   is the process by which a culture element is transmitted across some distance from one group or individual to another  
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Culture divergence   a restriction of a cultural from outside influences  
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Describe two (2) distinct ways in which cultures can change   cultural convergence and diffusion  
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Why might some peopl want to limit cultural contact and the spread if ideas   want things to remain the same; want to limit the spread of racial ideas  
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List four (4) elements of culture   some demographers predict increase in famine, disease and natural resource depletion. .others are optimistic about the future and predict the same number of humans increase..levels of technology and creativity will increase.  
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How can movement of a group of people from one country to another cause cultural change   immigrants can bring aspects of their cultural such as food, religious beliefs, arts of language to a new country; where these new elements of culture can be adapted by other people  
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core   the earth's center,  
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lithosphere   the surface features of the earth, including solid rocks and landforms  
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atmosphere   the layer of gases, water vapor and other substances above the earth  
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continent   any of the seven (7) large landmasses of the earth's surface. Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia,Europe, North America and South America  
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plate tectonics   the theory that the earth's outer shell is composed of a number of large unanchored plates, or slabs of rock, whose constant movement explains earthquakes and volcanic activity  
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erosion   is the movement of weathered materials such as gravel, soil and sand  
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glacier   huge, slow-moving sheets of ice  
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what characteristics do all countries have in common   everyone of them has something called States, Provinces or Republic populations, Sovereignty, Government and clearly defined territories  
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In which type of government structure do local states have the greatest power? Explain   Confederation in this system, smaller polotical units keep their sovereginty and give the central government limited powers  
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Is Totalitarianism an authorization or democratic system of government? Explain   No, since these types of governments do not allow people to control their own personal lives and they use political terror to excerise power. People are not allowed to express their own opinions  
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How does the market economy differ from a command economy?   In a market economy private individuals and groups decide what and how many the prices of the goods producded. In a command the government leaders control production prices and where good are produced  
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