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Exam 1

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Agricultural Revolution   Food producing revolution. Middle east, 10,000 years ago. Domestication of plants and animals.  
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Brain drain   Exodus of educated/ skilled people from a poor country to a rich country.  
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Deforestation   Removal of trees by people or their livestock. Global warming as a result.  
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Digital divide   % of people in the world that have access to computers vs. those who don't.  
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Domestication   Control breeding and cultivation of plants and animals.  
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Dry farming   Africa, Asia, India. Planting and harvesting according to seasonal rainfall cycle.  
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Extensive land use   Requires use of large area. An area of hunting/ gathering  
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Globalization   Spread of free trade, free markets and ideas across state borders.  
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GDP   Gross domestic product. Value of goods and services produced in a country in a given YEAR.  
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GNP   Gross national product. Value of goods and services produced in a country in a given year + transactions from products abroad.  
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Guest workers   Migrant from less developed countries who rare employed sometimes illegally i the MDCs.  
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Hunting and gathering   Mode of livelihood based on hunting animals and gathering plants.  
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Industrial Revolution   Europe, 1750  
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Intensive land use   Requires the use of a small area. An area of farms or gardens.  
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Irrigation   Artificial placement of water to produce crops.  
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Less Developed Countries   World's poorer countries. Africa. High population growth rate, low life expectancy, no middle class.  
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Malthusian scenario   Model that states that human population will out-pace any food production. More people, but not enough food.  
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Migration   Temporary periodic or permanent move to a new location. BOTH increase and decrease.  
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More developed countries   World's wealthier countries.  
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Multinational companies.   Companies that operate at least in part outside of home countries. Ex: GM, McDonald's.  
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Newly industrializing countries   More prosperous of LDCs. China and Brazil.  
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Push and pull factors of migration   Push- pushes away. Disaster. Pull- pulls you to. Jobs.  
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Zero population growth   Births and deaths are equal.  
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Aquaculture   Science, art and business of cultivating freshwater fish.  
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Biodiversity   Number and variety of organisms found within a specified region.  
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Biomes   Worlds major communities classified according to their prominent vegetation. 1. Fresh water 2. Marine water 3. Desert 4. Forest. 5. Grassland 6. Tundra  
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Climate   Long term weather phenomenon  
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Continental drift   Relates to plate movement. Pangea. Wegener 1960.  
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Front   Boundary separating two air masses.  
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Green revolution   1965- introduction of high healing seeds, fertilizers, and cultivation techniques.  
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Hydrologic cycle   Water cycle  
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Hydrosphere   Compromised of oceans. 71% of earth is water. One of 4 earth's spheres.  
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Kyoto Protocol   1997 UN convention in Japan; global warming.  
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Montreal Protocol   1989- Vienna; ozone layer  
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Natural hazards   A threat of a naturally occurring went that will have a negative effect on people/ environment. Ex: earthquake, tsunamis, drought, etc.  
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Richter scale   Measures the amount of seismic energy released by an earthquake; 1-10.  
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Tsunami   Large earth waves caused by an underwater earthquake.  
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Weather   Short term atmospheric phenomenon  
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Xerophytic   A dry plant that is able to adapt with little water.  
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Precipitation   Atmospheric water. Rain, snow, sleet and hail. #1: rain.  
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Geography   Study of earth  
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Regions   Unit of earths surface that contains distinct patterns of physical features and human development.  
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Cartography   Art and science of map making.  
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Large sale map   Small area in more detail  
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Small scale map   large area in more generalized terms.  
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Relative location   Defines a place in relationship to other places.  
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Absolute location   Coordinates or addresses. Provides a unique address for each plane.  
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Parallels   Parallel to equator. Latitude lines run E-W.  
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Meridians   Longitude lines. Run N-S.  
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Latitude   Flat. 90N-90S. Parallel. Run E-W.  
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Longitude   180W-180E. Run N-S.  
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Equator   0. Imaginary line running E-W. Latitude  
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Tropic of Cancer   23.5 N  
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Tropic of Capricorn   23.5 S  
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Statue mile   Land mile.  
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Nautical mile   Sea mile. LONGER than statue mile.  
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International date line   Longitude. 180N. Half around world from prime meridian (0. Divides E&W hemisphere). When cross over going W, you add a day.  
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Reference maps   Concerned with locations of various features of earth's surface and relationships with each other. Highway map.  
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Thematic map   Statistical map with a theme.  
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Mental map   Personal geographical information map.  
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Geographic Information System   Computerized system to help people analyze, manage and visualize geographic data.  
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Geomorphology   Study of land forms.  
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Climatology   Study of patterns of climate  
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Biogeography   Geography of plants and animals. (False, not the study of plant and animals)  
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Political geography   Politics of geography that relate to nationalism, boundaries and military conflict.  
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