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43 Cards in this Set
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The way people are spread out in different places throughout the world.
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POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
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Surroundings
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ENVIRONMENT
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The process of learning culture
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ENCULTURATION
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A conquered land of many people and place governed by one ruler.
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EMPIRE
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The use of canals, ditches or pipes to move water through areas.
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IRRIGATION
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All the businesses that make one kind of product or make one kind of service.
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INDUSTRY
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The long-term process in which fertile land is changed in to desert.
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DESERTIFICATION
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A period in which little or no rain falls.
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DROUGHT
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A geographer who studies human populations.
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DEMOGRAPHER
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A governing system in which a country's people elect their leaders by a majority.
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DEMOCRACY
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A governing system in which one person rules with absolute authority.
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DICTATORSHIP
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A country with a fast growing population, little resources, and an economy based mainly on agriculture.
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DEVELOPING COUNTRY
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A country with slow growing population, plentiful resources, and a diverse industrial based economy.
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DEVELOPED COUNTRY
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Movement of groups of people from one place to another.
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MIGRATION
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A city and all the suburbs and other populations areas around it.
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METROPOLITAN AREA
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A system in which the ideas and decisions supported by most the people are followed.
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MAJORITY RULE
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The system of government in which the king or queen rules.
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MONARCHY
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The movement of people from rural areas to cities or urban areas.
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URBANIZATION
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An organized group of people identified by its customs, traditions and ways of life.
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HUMAN SOCIETY
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A characteristic of a culture.
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CULTURAL TRAIT
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The taking of cultural traits for use in another.
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CULTURAL BORROWING
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To spread ideas from one place to another.
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CULTURAL DIFFUSION
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The mixture of different ethnic groups within the same countries.
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CULTURAL DIVERSITY
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A region with the same culture traits.
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CULTURAL REGION
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A settlement separate from, but under the control of the home country.
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COLONY
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Stands for "Common Era" and refers to the same years as A.D.
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C.E.
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The skill and knowledge to use science to make products or meet goals.
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TECHNOLOGY
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A map with a specific theme such as population, culture or history.
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THEMIC MAP
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The process in which culture traits of newcomers to a country become similar to those of people in the new country.
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ASSIMILATION
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Stands for "Anna Domini", a Latin phrase meaning "In the year of the Lord". This abbreviation identifies approximately how many years have passed since the birth of Christ.
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A.D.
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The boundary or edge of a place such as a country.
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BORDER
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Stands for "Before Christ"
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B.C.
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Stands for "Before Common Era" and refers to the same years as B.C.
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B.C.E.
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The economic system in which people decide on what to make, buy or sell without government control.
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FREE ENTERPRISE
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Stands for "Gross Domestic Product", the total value of goods or services produced in a country.
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G.D.P.
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A system in which a small group controls the government.
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OLIGARCHY
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A grouping of time lines that display different types of information for the same period of time.
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PARALLEL TIME LINE
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The system of colors, patterns, symbols and pictures that knights used during the middle ages in Europe.
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HERALDRY
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A cultural group of people who shares belief and practices learned from relatives and ancestors.
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ETHNIC GROUP
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type of agriculture that produces only enough food to to sustain the farmers through their normal daily activities
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SUBSISTENCE FARMING
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RIGHT
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A subdivision of a region
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SUBREGION
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measurement of population per unit area.
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POPULATION DENSITY
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