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Introduction Unit
Culture, Economy, Government, Geography
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What are the social institutions such as GEER? | Government, Economy, Education, Religion basic institutions of a culture region |
| What is a Political map? | shows the names and boundaries of countries |
| What is a Physical map? | shows landforms, water features, and elevation |
| What is a Map legend/key? | explains the lines used on a map with symbols or colors |
| What is a Map Scale? | shows the ration between the distance on a map and the distance in real life |
| What is a Map Compass rose? | shows N/S/E/W coordinates |
| What is Elevation? | shows the height above sea level |
| What is a culture region? | an area inhabited by people who have one or more culture traits in common |
| What is culture diffusion? | process of spreading new cultures to other countries |
| What is multiculturalism? | many cultures existing in one area or country |
| What is globalization? | the development of one world culture and one world economy where all countries are dependent upon each other |
| What is urban? | relating to a city |
| What is rural? | relating to country |
| What is a continent? | large land mass |
| What is a country? | can be a state or a nation |
| What is a state? | a nation with its own government occupying a particular territory |
| What is a nation? | large group of people with something in common like language, culture, history, and having its own government |
| What is the Equator? | 0 degrees latitude and separates north and south hemispheres |
| What is the Prime Meridian? | 0 degrees longitude and separates east and west hemispheres |
| What is a Climate map? | map that shows climate; temperature, rain, drought |
| What are the culture element categories? | food, clothing, music, religion, technology, language, transportation, government, economy, education, sports, entertainment, art, architecture, traditions, holidays |
| What are the geographical themes? | location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, region |
| What is culture? | a way of life within a specific group of people |
| What is a geography? | the study of physical features of the earth and the relationship between people and their environment |
| What is communism government/economy? | an unlimited government and economic system that controls life in that country and owns/controls all of the businesses |
| What is free enterprise/capitalism economy? | an economic system where people own and control businesses and the government is limited. The US has a free enterprise/capitalism economy. |
| What is socialism economy? | An economic system where government controls MANY businesses, there is equality of wealth and lack of economic competition |
| What is a limited government? | a government that has limited power, as in a republic or democracy government |
| What is unlimited government? | a government that has unlimited power, as in a totalitarian government |
| What is a Monarchy government? | a government run by a king or queen |
| What is a dictatorship government? | a government run by 1 person only, as in a totalitarian government that is unlimited |
| What is an Oligarchy government? | a government run by a FEW people only |
| What is a Republic government? | a government where people are elected to be a representative, such as a President, and the government is limited. The US has a Republic government. |
| What is a True Democracy government? | a government where people make decisions directly. |
| What is a Represented Democracy? | a government where people vote for a representative, such as a President, to make decisions for them |
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