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Social Science

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Mayan Empire   Caribbean Sea  
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Carthaginian Empire   Mediaterrian Sea  
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Vikings   Atlantic Ocean  
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Turkish   Altai Mountains  
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China, North Korea, South Korea   Yellow River  
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Product Markets   firms sell their PRODUCTION of goods and services  
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Factor Markets   Households sell the factors of production (land, labor, capital) that they control  
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Trees   Renewable  
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Food Crops   Renewable  
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Algae   Renewable  
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Agricultural and forestry byproducts   Renewable  
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Water   Renewable  
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Geothermal Energy   Renewable  
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Wind   Renewable  
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Solar   Renewable  
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Petroleum, Oil   Non Renewable  
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Coal   Non Renewable  
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Natural Gas   Non Renewable  
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Nuclear Energy   Non Renewable  
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Animals   Renewable  
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Ask a question   #1 Scientific Method  
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Do Background research   #2 Scientific Method  
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Construct a Hypothesis   #3 Scientific Method  
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Test Your Hypothesis by Doing an Experiment   #4 Scientific Method  
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Analyze Your Data and Draw a Conclusion   #5 Scientific Method  
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Communicate your results   #6 Scientific Method  
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Greece   Modern-Nation State: Citizenship  
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State    
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Nation-State   Share a cultural identity  
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Nation-State   Share a common goal  
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Nation-State   Nationalism  
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Nation-State   Many different views on how to achieve the goal  
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Nation   People that want a government  
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Nation   May or may not have state  
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State   Political Unit over a set territory  
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State   Sovereignty  
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State   Rousseau-"Harmony" ownership of land lead to the conflict and social inequality  
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State   Hobbs-"Contract" inequality came to survive among the people  
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Nation   Common grouping... language, religion, heritage  
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Nation   Focus is on the people and the culture  
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State   Organized economy  
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State   Has power of social engineering, such as education  
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State   Has a transportation system for moving goods and people  
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State   Has a government which provides public services and police power  
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Advantage of Globalization (Nation-State)   Resources of different countries are used for producing goods and services they are able to do most efficiently  
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Advantage of Globalization (Nation-State)   Consumers to get much wider variety of products to choose from  
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Advantage of Globalization (Nation-State)   Companies are able to procure input goods and services required at most competitive prices  
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Advantage of Globalization (Nation-State)   Companies get access to much wider markets  
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Advantage of Globalization (Nation-State)   It promotes understanding and goodwill among different countries  
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Advantage of Globalization (Nation-State)   Businesses and investors get much wider opportunities for investment  
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Advantage of Globalization (Nation-State)   Adverse impact of fluctuations in agricultural productions in one area can be reduced by pooling of production of different areas.  
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Disadvantages of Globalization (Nation-State)   Developed countries can stifle development of undeveloped and under-developed countries  
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Disadvantages of Globalization (Nation-State)   Economic depression in on country can trigger adverse reaction across the globe  
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Disadvantages of Globalization (Nation-State)   It can increase spread of communicable diseases  
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Disadvantages of Globalization (Nation-State)   Companies face much greater competition. This can put smaller companies, at a disadvantage as they do not have resources to compete at global scale.  
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Bureaucratic Government   Administration of a government chiefly through bureaus or departments staffed with nonelected officials  
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Bureaucratic Government   Management or administration marked by hierarchical authority among numerous offices and by fixed procedures  
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Bureaucratic Government   An administrative system in which the need or inclination to follow rigid or complex procedures impedes effective action  
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Democratic Government   Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives  
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Democratic Government   A political or social unit that has such a government  
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Democratic Government   The common people, considered as the primary source of political power  
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Democratic Government   Majority rule  
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Democratic Government   The principles of social equality and respect for the individual within a community.  
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Fiscal Policy   Stabilization  
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Fiscal Policy   Use of public expenditures and taxation powers by the government to change the outcomes of the economy  
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Fiscal Policy   Example: How much and who the government will tax and spend the revenues  
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Monetary Policy   Avails itself of the influence of income and cred available to individuals and firms  
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Monetary Policy   The use of money and credit controls to affect economic outcomes  
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Monetary Policy   Banks, Interest Rates  
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Fiscal and Monetary Fail...   Budget Policy  
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Protectionist Policies   Policy that restricts trade to protect domestic tariffs, quotas  
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Mexican Agriculture slowdown   reforms and US economy  
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Chaparral   (Mediterranean Climate) shrubland vegetation-shrub woodland dominated by hard leaved trees & shrubs that w/stand severe summer aridity  
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Equal area maps   Distort the shape but keep the size... round (globe) to flat (paper)  
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Savanna   a vegetation type characterized by grasses and scattered trees, characteristic of seasonally dry tropical climates  
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Steppe   A vegetation type characterized by relatively short, sparse grasses, found in midlatitude semiarid climates  
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Boreal Forest   An evergreen needleleaf forest characteristic of cold continental climates  
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Tropical Rain Forest   Broadleaf evergreen vegetation characteristic of humid tropical environments  
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Conflict Theory   natural conditions of society are constant change and conflict resulting from class struggles... inequality  
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Functionalist Theory   Social Inequality is reviewed as inevitable because society must use rewards to ensure that essential task are preformed... order and stability=equilibrium  
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Labeling Theory   Deviance is not inherent to an act but instead focuses on tendency of majorities to negatively label minorities or those seen as deviant from standard cultural norms  
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Social Deviance   departure from the social norms  
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Social Science   ...Deviance... Socialization  
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Psychologists   ...Abnormal... medical  
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Freud   is sexual  
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Erickson   is psycho  
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Piaget   is cognitive  
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Kohlberg   has morals  
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Freud   has 6 steps  
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Erickson   has 8 steps  
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Piaget   has 5 steps  
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Kohlberg   has 3 steps  
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Anthropology   Study of biology and humans=relationships in groups  
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Economics   studies the system in how humans try to survive... who gets what and why  
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Geography   The physical economics  
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History   records of human behavior and relationships  
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Political Science   study of power  
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Psychology   forces that shape and motivate individuals=minds and personality  
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Natural Selection   "Survive" in their environment, Darwin... genes passed on... a reaction to their environment  
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Oligarchy   Rule by a few... oli=few, archy=rule by  
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Nation-State   Sovereignty, Cultural entity, nationalism, central government  
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Authoritarianism   Up to the individual  
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Totalitarianism   Incomplete control  
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Ottoman Empire   Indian Ocean (Middle East)  
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Fukuyama   industrial movements & growth are the key to social interactions  
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Thurow   Fukuyama thought helps but creativity it the KEY changing the old to new brings expansion  
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Pluralism   unity as a nation not on heritage  
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Sex   Biologically Born male or female  
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Gender   what you do according to your cultural and environment  
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Small-Scale Map   Shows more distance of the earth but less details of the area  
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Large-Scale Map   Shows less distance of the earth but more details of the area  
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Topographical Map   Terrain, man made features, pictures, colors, symbols, specific lines... contour lines for elevation  
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Mercator Map Projections   Simplifies  
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Mercator Map Projections   conformal map, grid... lines are longitude and latitude and fits on a page. Used for navigation  
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Cartograms   distorted qualities intentionally... show emphasis on something.  
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Conformal Map   distort the size but shape stays the same  
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Equal Area Map   Explain data... population, density, medical  
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Equal Area Map   Relationship Size... preserve area (Distort the shape but keep the size)  
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World War 1   demolishing empires leading to more sovereignty and nationalism  
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Democrat Socialism   economy and society should be run democratically to meet public needs... not to make profits for a few  
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Democratic Capitalism   All for $$$  
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Tundra   cold, permafrost, little vegetation; parts of Canada  
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Ecosystem   living organisms; where and what they live in; climate affects ecosystem and affects physical features  
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Producers   Produce food themselves  
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Consumers   Feed on producers and consumer  
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Decomposers   Small organisms that feed, digest, and thrive on dead organisms  
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Subarctic   cold for long periods; lots of snow; blow freezing; Canada Siberia Russia  
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Ice Caps   extremely little rain, permafrost thick, below freezing year round; Artic and Antarctica  
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Humid Tropical   rainy, rainforest, warm and humid, south America Africa  
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Seasonally Humid   specific dry season, extreme rain seasons for months, Himalaya's Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania  
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Desert   Extreme Hot, low rainfall; Sahara Egypt Cairo  
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Semiarid   receives enough precipitation sustain vegetation. transitions between desert and humid, long summers, cool season; steppes Western US China  
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Mediterranean   Seasonal percip. cool/rainy and snow for winter. warm and dry summers; Europe Rome Pars of Africa  
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Full Employment   4.5% low rate of unemployment  
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Economic Sectors   Primary (high paying jobs) high skills Secondary (lower paying jobs) low skills  
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Labor Markets   Primary (agriculture) Secondary (industrial) Tertiary (service)  
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Free Market   Market for profit, entrepreneurs  
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Nomadic pastoral cultures   no farming, animals to pastor and eat  
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Low population density   Low population growth  
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High population density   High population growth but more diseases  
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Agriculture   Food growth lead to high population... or if it was bad death and migration  
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Inflation   demand of product can't be met by it's supply so prices increase causing inflation  
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Federal Reserve Bank   Regulate what banks are doing and money flow; protect the people  
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Tariff   import duty or cost... raise prices, make competitive  
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Quota   limit on amount that comes in... protect domestic industry  
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Social Diffusion   Spreading of something in cultures to other areas... example language  
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Sedentary Agriculture   farmers grow crops year after year in one area... more success constant water flow  
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