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Geography
9th Grade
04/25/2012

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Gender role
Definition
Roles specifically assingned to men or women in a culture
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Urban 
Definition
Referring to a city setting usually has a high population density and diverse cultures
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Ural
Definition
Mountain ranges that runs through western russia and is considered to be the dividing line between europe and asia
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Multicultural
Definition
Containing a mix of peoples and cultures
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Social class 
Definition
Divisions of a cultures people based on wealth power ,and prestige
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Social mobilty
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Refers to how easy or hard it is to change ones social class within a culture
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Cultural region
Definition
Region where people share common cultural characters 
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Functional region 
Definition
Area defined by one function that maycrosscross politcal boundries often they are organizedaround a focal point such as a city
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Perceptual region
Definition
Based on peoples attudesand emotions  about a place ,ex the deep south
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Middle east
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Region that lies at the crossroads of europe ,asia, and africa
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Suez canal
Definition
Canalthat connects the mediterranean sea with the red sea and shorters
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Latin america
Definition
Applies americans south of the united states it has 4main areas,mexico,central america,the west indes(caribbean) and south america
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Panama canal
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An importanthuman-mande feature in this region that goes through  the isthmus of panama  joining  the atlantic  and pacific oceans and serves as a major route for a international route
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Sub saharian africa 
Definition
The areas of south  of sahara desert many different ethnic groups animistic,christian, and islamic regions; many affected by the slave and trade colonization
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Oceania
Definition
The pacific  islands of new zealand(colonized by the british ) and other smaller nations like tahiti  that spraed across  the pacific
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Demography
Definition
The study of population
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Urbanization
Definition
 The movement of greater numbers Of People into cities
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Settlements patterns
Definition
Human factors affect where people setting, like having  a capital city at a central location; location  new technology  canoverride physical barriers , natural 
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