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EOC Terms

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Migration   movement of peoples  
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Columbian Exchange   the movement of plants, animals, and diseases between Eastern and Western Hemispheres during the age of exploration  
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Suburbs   communities or a political unit touching the boarders of the city  
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Representative Democracy   where the people rule through elected representatives  
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Exports   goods sold to another country  
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Free Enterprise   private individuals own most of the resources, technology, and businesses, and can operate them for profit with little control from the government.  
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Service Industry   is any kind of economic activity that produces a service rather than a product  
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Multinationals   engaging in business worldwide  
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Megalopolis   is a region in which several large cities and surrounding areas grow together  
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Metropolitan Area   a functional area including a city and its surrounding suburbs and exurbs linked economically  
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Provinces   political units, like a state or territory  
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Reserves   when you set a resource aside, or save it for future use  
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Terrorism   use of force or violence against individuals or property for the purpose of intimidating or causing fear for political or social ends  
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Global Network   worldwide interconnected group  
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Coalition   an alliance or pact between two parties  
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Urban Sprawl   poorly planned development that spreads a city's population over a wider and wider geographical area  
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Infrastructure   basic facilities, services, and machinery needed for a community to function  
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Sustainable Communities   communities where residents could live and work  
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Smart Growth   efficient use and conservation of land and other resources  
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Permafrost   permanently frozen ground  
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Nomads   people who move from place to place  
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Locks   sections of a waterway with closed gates where water levels are raised or lowered  
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St. Lawrence Seaway   connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean by way of the St. Lawrence River  
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Prevailing Westerlies   winds that blow from west to east in the middle of the latitudes  
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Urban Geography   the study of how people use space in cities  
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Landlocked   surrounded by other land with no direct access to the sea/ocean  
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Carrying Capacity   is the number of organisms a piece of land can support  
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Population Density   the average number of people who live in a measurable area  
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Mortality Rate   also know as death rate, is the number of deaths per thousand people  
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Birthrate   number of live births per thousand people  
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Fertility rate   average number of children a woman of childbearing years would have in her lifetime  
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Infant Mortality rate (IMR)   the number of deaths among infants under the age of 1, per thousand live births  
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Dialect   changes in speech patterns related to class, region, or other cultural changes  
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Diffusion   the spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior  
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Innovation   taking existing technology and resources and creating something new to meet a need  
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Acculturation   occurs when a society changes because it accepts or adopts an innovation  
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Culture   is the total knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by the members of a specific group  
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Society   a group that shares a geographic region, a sense of identity, and a culture  
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Assimilation   occurs when a minority group gives up its culture and adopts the majority groups culture  
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Dynasty   a series of rulers from the same family  
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Economic Tiger   is a nation that has rapid economic growth due to cheap labor, high technology, and aggressive exports.  
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Pacific Rim   the countries surrounding the Pacific Ocean  
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Ring of Fire   a chain of Volcanoes that line the Pacific Rim  
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Tsunami   A huge wave of great destructive power  
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Global Economy   where nations are dependent of each other for goods and services  
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Recession   an extended decline in general business activity  
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Archipelago   is a set of closely grouped islands  
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High Islands   are created by volcanoes  
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Low Islands   are made up of coral reefs  
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Oceania   the Pacific Islands, which include New Zealand and Australia  
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Great Barrier Reef   the worlds largest coral reef  
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Outback   the unpopulated inland region in Australia  
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Atoll   is a ringlike coral island or string of small islands surrounding a lagoon  
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Industrialization   the growth of industry, and the growth of cities that results  
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Push-Pull Factors   forces that push or pull people out of their homelands  
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Andes Mountains   a chain of mountain ranges that run through the western portion of South America  
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Amazon River   the largest river in the world, flows 4,000 miles from west to east emptying into the Atlantic Ocean  
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Rain Forest   are dense forests made up of different species of trees  
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Slash and Burn   cutting down of trees, brush, and grasses and burning the debris to clear a field  
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Terraced Farming   is a farming technique where they cut step-like horizontal fields into hillsides and slopes  
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Infrastructure   the basic things a city or economy needs to function. including sewers, transportation, electricity, housing, and communications  
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Deforestation   cutting down and clearing away of trees in the rain forest  
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Global Warming   the warming of the earths atmosphere, creating weather patterns to change  
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Land Reform   the process of breaking up large land holdings and giving portions of the land to land-poor peasant farmers  
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North Atlantic Drift   a current of warm water from the tropics, flows near Europe's west coast bringing it warm weather  
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Republic   a government in which citizens elect representatives to rule in their name  
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Aqueducts   structures that carried water for long distances  
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Nationalism   is the belief that people should be loyal to their nation  
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Parliament   is a representative lawmaking body whose members are elected or appointed  
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Market Economy   in which industries make the goods consumers want to buy  
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