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Goegraphy
Ms Filion
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Geography
9th Grade
03/10/2010

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Confederation
Definition
keep their sovereignty and givethe central goverment very limited powers
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Federal
Definition
national and state government share power
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Unitary
Definition
one central government rules the country
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Nationalism
Definition

emotion that encourages people to identify with a group that is larger than their family

**tribe or clan

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Nation State
Definition
nation wrapped up in a state
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Boundaries
Definition

can depend on longitude or latitude lines

or depend on rivers, lakes, mountains

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Requirements for a country
Definition

land territory

population

government

economy

circulation system

recognition

sovereignty

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Authoritarian
Definition
government leaders hold all the political power
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Dictator
Definition
when one person holds all the power
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Totalitarian
Definition
government in which a central authority controls all aspects of society
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Monarch
Definition
government headed by a king, sultan, queen, which inherited their positon by being born into a family
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Democratic
Definition
country gives the people the power to choose there leaders
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Theocracy
Definition
government run by church
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Demography
Definition
study of population, birth, marriage, migration, death
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Natural Increase
Definition
based on death and birth rates
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Doubling Time
Definition
amount of time it takes for a population to double
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Migration Factors
Definition

push-environmental, drought, floods (negative effects)

pull-attraction to another place, better job (positive effects)

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Immigrants
Definition
move in country
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Emigrants
Definition
people whe leave the country and enter elsewhere
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Refugees
Definition
people forces from homes and cannot return
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Population Density
Definition
average number of people in a square mile
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world population
Definition
6.5 billion
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Urbanization
Definition
the growth of city population
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population policies:

Restrictive, example

Definition

restrict family size

china

Term

population policies:

expansive, example

Definition

expand family

great britain & france

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Two types of culture
Definition

material-theing poeple have/make

Non material- cannot be seen

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characteristic of culture
Definition
  • basic needs
  • learning
  • symbols
  • patterns
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Anthropologists
Definition
people who study culture
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Interdependent
Definition
relying on one another
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culture hearths
Definition

where civilization begin

(like fire expand, civilization expand)

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culture diffusion
Definition
spread of people, ideas, practices, goods from onle culture to another
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cultural barriers
Definition

lack of understanding/acceptance

prejudice

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culture shock
Definition
when people are shocked because stuff is so new
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Language
Definition
way of communication to share info
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religion
Definition
organized way of worshiping a spiritual being or thinking about life
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Leteracy
Definition
based on writing
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cultural landscape
Definition
change over time; people, occupancy, values
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Christianity
Definition

based on teachings of jesus

house of worship: cathedrals, temples

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Islam
Definition
  • prophet Muhammad establised Islam
  • sacred spaces; mecca,medina,Kabah
  • place of worship; Mosques

 

Term
5 pillars of faith
Definition

faith

prayer

alms

fasting

hajj to Mecca

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theocracy
Definition
country governed by religous law
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Judaism
Definition
  • abraham an important prophet
  • house of worship; temples, synagogue

 

Term

Conflict in Middle East

who

 

Definition
toke place between jews,islams, christians
Term

Conflict in Middle East

oucome, conflicts, results

Definition
  • both jews and arabs have historical connection to palestine
  • great britian declared a it a jewish home (Arabs were angry)
  • after holocaust lots more jews moved to palestine
  • soon it was became an international city
  • then war broke out, arabs wanted control from isreal
  • israel controlled most of arabs part and they were left with no more country
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Buddhism
Definition

started by prince siddhartha, became a monk

 

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4 noble truths
Definition

all living beings suffer

origin of suffering is desire

desire can be overcome

there is a path that leads away from desire

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Hinduism
Definition

not have a single founder

sacred space; hierarchical

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Ganges river
Definition
leather pollution, raw sewage
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