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worldstudiesbench2
benchmark 2 review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| culture | the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization |
| society | an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization |
| ethnic group | people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture |
| innovation | a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation |
| cultural hearth | A center where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions spread outward. |
| diffusion | the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another |
| acculturation | the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture |
| dialect | The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people |
| religion | a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny |
| population pyramid | A bar graph representing the distribution of population by age and sex |
| carrying capacity | largest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support |
| atmosphere | the mass of air surrounding the Earth |
| hydrosphere | the watery layer of the earth's surface |
| biosphere | the part of earth where life exists |
| lithosphere | the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle |
| ring of fire | the chain of volcanoes that lines the Pacific Rim |
| erosion | condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind |
| magma | molten rock in the earth's crust |
| continental drift | the hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations |
| miracle | any amazing or wonderful occurrence |
| saint | a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization |
| relic | an object considered holy because it belonged to, or was touched by, a saint or other holy person |
| prophet | someone who speaks by divine inspiration |
| sect | a subdivision of a larger religious group |
| theology | the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth |
| myth | A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society. |
| martyr | one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion |
| excommunicate | to formally deprive a person of membership in a church |
| missionary | someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program |
| convergent boundary | plate boundary where plates move to each other |
| divergent boundary | plate boundary where plates move apart |
| transformative boundary | plate boundary where plates slide past each other |
| Number of time zones on earth? | 24 |
| Number of time zones in USA? | 4 |
| Forces of erosion? | wind, water, waves, and ice |
| 5 themes of geography | Location, Place, Region, HEI, Movement |
| globalization | The trend toward increased cultural and economic connectedness between people, businesses, and organizations throughout the world. |
| physical map | Shows physical features such as mountains and rivers |
| political map | shows items like country borders and cities |
| flow line map | shows movement with arrows of people, goods, or ideas |
| thematic map | maps like population density, historical periods |
| projection | flat map of the entire globe that distorts parts of the world |
| Prime meridian | meridian at zero degree longitude from which east and west are reckoned (usually the Greenwich longitude in England) |
| Equator | an imaginary circle around the middle of the earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole |
| International Date Line | an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian |
| Latitude | an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator, measures north and south |
| Longitude | Distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees |
| Tropic of Cancer | an imaginary line that lies 23.5 degrees north of the equator |
| Tropic of Capicorn | a line of latitude that runs 23 1/2 degrees south of the equator |
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