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Mrs. Heald's 100 Facts 51-100

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Barter Economy   show
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show It is an economic system in which the central government makes all decisions on the production and consumption of goods and services  
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show Where production, distribution, pricing, and investment decisions are made by the private owners of the factors of production based upon their own interests rather than upon furthering some large plan.  
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show Eratosthenes (Ancient Greek Scholar)  
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show Herodotus (Ancient Greek Historian)  
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Caste System   show
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show began city-states along Yellow River valley in the Neolithic era. Written history of China begins with the Shang Dynasty.The conventional view of Chinese history is a dynasty alternating between periods of political unity & disunity. Known as Han Chinese  
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show No government or organized authority  
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show An alliance of separately governed states  
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Constitutional Monarchies   show
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show This is a nation ruled by a supreme sovereign, such as king, queen, or emperor  
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Oligarchy   show
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show Member of a political society who owes allegiance to and is entitled to participation in and protection by and from the government  
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Alternative Fuel   show
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Desertification   show
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show Electric power produced by rushing water  
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Resource   show
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show Anything from the natural environment that people use to meet their needs  
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Nonrenewable Resource   show
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show A resource that can be replaced naturally or grown fairly quickly  
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show A portion of land nearly surrounded by water and connected with a larger body by an isthmus  
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show Physical regions are defined by landform (continents and mountain ranges), climate, soil, and natural vegetation.  
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show The watering of land by artificial means to foster plant growth.  
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show A narrow strip of land that has water on both sides and joins two larger bodies of land.  
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show A considerable inland body of standing water  
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Plate Tectonics   show
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Lithospere   show
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show when you drink water or go swimming you are contacting the hydrospere  
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show when you hold an ice cube in your hand or shovel snow you are contacting the cryosphere  
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show when you play with your pets or eat your lunch or talk to your friends, you are contacting the biosphere  
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show 80. Every time you breathe or perspire on a hot day or fly a kite, you are contacting the atmosphere  
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show 81. And when you enjoy the warm sunlight or make a wish upon a star, you are interacting with the Exo/Celestial sphere  
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Plateau   show
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Pollution   show
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Population Pyramid   show
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show In economics, a recession is a general slowdown in economic activity over a sustained period of time  
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Region   show
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Remote Sensing   show
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show Civilization began in this area  
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show to move from one country, place, or locality to another  
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show Nomadic people, also known as nomads, are communities of people that move from one place to another, rather than settling down in one location. Nomads move periodically or cyclically, usually returning to their original location at various times.  
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City-States   show
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show The feudal system was a way of government based on obligations between the lord or king and vassal  
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show an ancient civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern nation of Egypt.  
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Greek Civilization   show
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Incan Civilization   show
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show Mesoamerican culture, noted for having the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as for its spectacular art, monumental architecture, & sophisticated mathematical & astronomical systems.  
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show term indigenous peoples can be used to describe any ethnic group of people who inhabit a geographic region with which they have the earliest known historical connection  
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show Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea, it became one of the largest empires in the ancient world  
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Settlement Patterns   show
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show Are the things that people do and say, and how they behave in a group  
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