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| subsistence farming | farming only enough for the needs of your own family or village.
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| canopy | a layer of branches at the top of trees .
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| Capitalism | economic system in which people and privately owned companies own both basic and non-basic business.
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| population density | average number of people living per square mile
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| Green Revolution | changes in agriculture in the 1950’s that increased food production.
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| Socialism | economic system where the government owns most basic industry.
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| push - pull theory | people migrate to new places due to something that makes them leave, and or they leave to get something they do not have.
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| immigrant | a person who moves to a new country to settle there.
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| culture | an entire way a group of people live and is organized.
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| Communism | economic system which the central government controls all aspects of citizen’s lives.
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| economy | a system for producing, consuming and owning goods and services.
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| developing nation | a country with little modern industry and technology.
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| developed nation | a country with modern industry and technology.
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| rural | having to do with the country side
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| precipitation | all forms of water that fall to the earth.
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| monarchy | King or Queen run the country
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| life expectancy | average # of years a person is expected to live
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| compass rose | shows direction on a map.
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| revolution | a circular journey of the earth around the Sun
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| producer | a person who makes products
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| urban | area with high population
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| axis | imaginary line running through the Earth
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| consumer | a person who buys , rents goods and services.
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| orbit | the oval shaped path the earth
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| rotation | complete turn of the earth, takes about 24 hours.
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| services | work done for other people, such as a doctor.
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| government | the system that establishes and enforces the laws and institutions of a society.
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| agriculture | farming
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| manufacturing | changing a raw material into a finished product.
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| ethics | standard of moral behavior.
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| fossil fuel | created over millions of years from the reamins of prehistoric plants and animals.
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| direct democracy | people participate directly in governmental decision
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| plain | a large, mostly flat area
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| technology | tools and the skills needed to use those tools.
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| plate tectonics | the theory of that the Earth’s crust is madw of huge, slowly moving slabs of rocks called plates.
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| erosion | the process of by which water and wind wears away landforms and carries the material to another place.
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| weather | day to day changes in the air.
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| climate | the usual weather pattern of an area over a long period of time.
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| weathering | the breaking down of rocks
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| globe | a round model of the earth
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| geography | study of the earth
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| key/legend | section of a map that explains the symbols for the map features
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| latitude | imaginary lines running east and west that measure distance north and south of the Equator.
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| Cardinal directions | one of the four compass points
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| equator | line found at 0’ latitude.
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| distortion | a misrepresentation of the true shape of the landforms
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| longitude | imaginary lines running north and south that measure distance east and west of the Prime Meridian
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| degree | a unit of measure used to determine absolute location.
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| Prime Meridian | line found at 0’ degrees longitude
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