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Geography
9th Grade
04/25/2012

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Gender Role
Definition
roles specifically assigned 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 range that runs through western Russia and is considered to be the dividing line between Europe and Asia
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Multiculture
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 Mobility
Definition
refers to how easy or hard it is to change one’s social class within a culture.
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Cultural Region
Definition
region where people share common cultural characteristics
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Functional Region
Definition
area defined by one function that may cross political 
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 Perceptual Region
Definition
based on people’s attitudes and emotions about a place. Ex: the “Deep South”
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Middle East
Definition
Region that lies at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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Suez Canal
Definition
canal that connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea and shortens the traveling distance between Europe and Asia
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Latin America
Definition
applies to all of the Americas south of the United States. It has 4 main areas, Mexico, Central America, the West Indies ( Caribbean) and South America
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Panama Canal
Definition
An important human-made feature in this region that goes through the Isthmus of Panama joining the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and serves as a major route for International trade.
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 Sub-Saharan
Definition
Africa-the areas of Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Many different ethnic groups with animistic, Christian, and Islamic religions; many affected by the slave trade and colonization
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Oceania
Definition
the Pacific islands of New Zealand ( colonized by the British) and other smaller nations like Tahiti that are spread across the South 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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Settlement patterns
Definition
Human factors affect where people settle, like having a capital city at a central location; location along transportation routes; new technology can override physical barriers, and natural resources can attract settlers to an otherwise unfavorable area
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Population Density
Definition
how many people live in a given area
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Population Pyramid
Definition
a visual that compares the number of males and females in a society and it includes the average ages of its members. Each group will be represented by a different bar
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Shanty Town
Definition
a slum settlement where poor people live in dwellings made from scrap materials—such as plywood, corrugated metal and plastic sheets.
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Push and Pull Factors
Definition
-the major reasons for migration that either “push” people out of their old location while “pull” factors lure migrants to a new location. Ex: push- poverty, political conflict, environmental factors, oppression. Ex: pull- freedom, economic opportunity (jobs) cultural ties
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Social factors-concern
Definition
how people organize into groups, such as religious groups.
 
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Ethnic Persecution
Definition
when they need to migrate due to being persecuted for being members of a particular ethnic group. Ex: Rwandans needed to flee to neighboring countries to avoid being massacred
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Religious Persecution
Definition
 when religious minorities have to leave a place due to their beliefs
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Environmental Factors
Definition
migration due to the environment, like a drought, crop failures, floods, fires, earthquakes that force people to migrate.
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Forced Migration
Definition
when a migration is forced such as the Atlantic Slave Trade. This migration has accompanied war and the persecution of people throughout most of history.
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Physical Barriers
Definition
 natural features that were once a migration to human migration. Examples are mountains, deserts or dense forests.
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 Land bridge
Definition
 a natural feature where people used to be able to walk from one land mass to another, like across the Bering Strait now that used to be a land bridge from Asia to North America ( Alaska area)

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