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absolute location
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| identification of places by using latitude and longitude. |
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relative location
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| identification of a place in relation to another |
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| referring to many cultures instead of just one |
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| an area in the world in which many people share similar beliefs, history, and languages. |
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free enterprise or market economy
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| allows business owners to compete with little government interference. |
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constitutional monarchy
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| a form of government in which laws limit the powers of the ruler. (Ex: England) |
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| South African statesman who became his country’s 1st black president in 1993, after working to see apartheid abolished |
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supply and demand
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| concept that states that prices rise or fall depending on how many people want an item (demand) and how much is available (supply) |
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Industrial Revolution
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| a period of change in the 18th century, during which goods began to be manufactured by power driven machines |
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| a person who finds food by hunting, fishing, and gathering wild grains, fruits, and nuts |
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| the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale |
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| the exchange of goods or commodities, especially on a large scale between different countries; business or trade |
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| war against the government by the citizens |
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| the people and groups that have the power to make laws or change rules, enforce consequences if laws are broken, and settle disagreements about them |
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| form of government in which a single ruler inherits the right to rule (rulers may be kings, queens, emperors, etc.) |
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European Union (EU)
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| an economic and political group of countries in Western Europe |
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| common unit of currency used by European Union countries |
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| city in Saudi Arabia that was the birthplace of Mohammed and is the spiritual center for Islam |
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| city in Israel that is holy for Jews, Christians and Muslims |
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| people that live by traveling to find food and water for themselves and their animals |
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| the process by which land that can be farmed or lived on turns into desert |
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| the first monotheistic religion, which was founded by Abraham and whose followers are called Jews |
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| a religion that developed out of Judaism and that is based on the life and teachings of Jesus |
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| a religion that teaches that there is one god and that Muhammad is his prophet |
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| a religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama in India in the 500s B.C . |
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colonization/imperialism
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| a system by which a country maintains colonies outside its borders |
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| strong pride in one’s nation or ethnic group |
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| to leave one country or region to settle in another |
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| dam in China on the Yangtze River that is an example of how humans modify the environment |
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| Hindu religious leader who pioneered civil disobedience as a means of social reform and was a role model for Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King |
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