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History Exams Sec. 1
2 kool 4 skool
29
History
7th Grade
12/06/2012

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Term
Geography
Definition
Study of the world it's people and the landscape they create
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Local Level
Definition
Within a city on foot and geographers do this to try and improve people's lives
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Regional Level
Definition
Look at map and geographers do this to make it easier t understand and to make comparisions throughout the world
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Global Level
Definition
Sattelite photos and geographers do this to find relationship's among people throughout the world
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Location
Definition
Describes where something is
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Place
Definition
Lists the fatures that make this unique from other places like land, climate, and people
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HEI
Definition
How peope interact with their enviornmet or how the the enviornment and people get along with each other
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Movement
Definition
Studying the roads and routes and if people are moving
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Regions
Definition
Dividing the world into diffrent places to make it easier to compare them
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Physical Geography
Definition
Study of the world's physical features-it's landforms, bodies of water, climates, soils, and plants
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Human Geography
Definition
Study of the world's people,comunities, and landscapes
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Tropical
Definition
Either on or near equator; has distinct wet and dry seasons. Sunny with beautiful scenery.
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Dry
Definition
About half way above and below Equator and poles
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Natural Resource
Definition
Any material in nature that people use and value.
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Renewable Resource
Definition
Resources Earth replaces natrually
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Non-Renewable resources
Definition
Resources that cannot be replaced
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Culture
Definition
A set of beliefs, values, and practices
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Ethnic Group
Definition
A group of people who share common ancestry and culture
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Culture Diversity
Definition
The state of having a variety
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Democracy
Definition
Rule by majority vote majority rules, equal
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Republic
Definition
Elected leaders, make decisions
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Monarchy
Definition
Leadership by a king or queen (based on family lineage) and a parliament
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Dictatorship
Definition
Leadership by a single powerful leader, backed by military
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Communism
Definition
A political system in which the government controls all property and economy; everything is dispersed equaly
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GDP
Definition
All goods produced in a given country in a given year
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Pet capita GDP
Definition
GDP per person; GDP/POP
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Literacy Rate
Definition
% of people who can read and write
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Developed Country
Definition
Strong economy and a high quality of life
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Developing Country
Definition
Country with a poor/weak economy and a low quality on life
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