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7th Grade P1 Geography Flashcards

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Absolute Location

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ABSOLUTE LOCATION GIVES PIN POINT LOCATION TO HELP FIND A PLACE. IT CAN REFERENCE TO LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE.

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Relative Location

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Describes a place with respect to its environment and its connection to other places.

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Place

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Place GIVES A CLEAR DESCRIPTION OF THE HUMAN AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS.

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Movement

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MOVEMENT IS THE THEME THAT STUDIES MOVEMENT AND MIGRATION ACROSS THE PLANET.

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Formal Region

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Are those that are designated by official boundaries, such as cities, states, counties, and countries. For the most part, they are clearly indicated and publicly known.

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Functional region

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Are defined by their connections. For example, the circulation area for a major city area is the functional region of that paper.

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Vernacular region

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Are perceived regions, such as “The South,” “The Midwest,” or the “Middle East;” they have no formal boundaries but are understood in our mental maps of the world.

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Civilization

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THE STAGE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANIZATION THAT IS CONSIDERED MOST ADVANCED. EX. TOWN, CITY , COUNTRY

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City State

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AN INDEPENDENT CITY WITHIN BOUNDARIES

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Polytheism

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THE BELIEF IN MORE THAN ONE GOD

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Human Interactions

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THIS DESCRIBES HOW HUMANS INTERACT WITH THE ECOSYSTEM IN BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE WAYS. IT ALSO DESCRIBES HOW THEY ADJUST AND ADAPT TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND HOW THEY ADJUST THE ENVIRONMENT ITSELF.

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Autocracy

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IS A GOVERNMENT IN WHICH ONE PERSON HAS ALL THE POWER. TWO TYPES - A MONARCHY AND A DICTATORSHIP

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Monarchy

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A KING OR QUEEN RULES A COUNTRY. MONARCHY USUALLY COME TO POWER THROUGH A FAMILY LINE. “IN OLD TIMES” MONARCH HELD ALL THE POWER AND HAD FINAL SAY OVER GOVERNMENT. “IN MODERN TIMES” USUALLY SHARE POWER WITH OTHER PARTS OF GOVERNMENT.

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Dictatorship

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A FORM OF GOVERNMENT WHERE ONE LEADER HAS ABSOLUTE CONTROL OVER CITIZENS LIVES.

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Representative Democracy

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CITIZENS ELECT LEADERS TO REPRESENT THEIR RIGHTS AND INTERESTS IN GOVERNMENT. CITIZENS HOLD THE ULTIMATE POWER- THEY ELECT THEIR REPRESENTATIVES

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Direct Democracy

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THERE ARE NO REPRESENTATIVES. CITIZENS ARE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE “DAY TO DAY GOVERNING THE COUNTRY. BEST EXAMPLE IS ANCIENT GREECE. NOT PRACTICAL IN MODERN DAY

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Capital

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Man made resources used to produce other goods and services for example machines factories tools.

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Resources

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Things of value and efforts used to produce goods and services land labor capital and entrepreneurship.

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Entrepreneurship

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The willingness to assume the risks of organizing and coordinating resources to produce goods and services

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Land

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Gifts of nature natural resources used to produce goods and services for example land minerals and trees.

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Labor

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All human effort including knowledge and skills used in the production of goods and services.

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Public Policy

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A definite course or method of action designed to meet the needs or goals of a group of people. (US government, or your family).

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Incentive

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Rewards for behavior

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Deincentive

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Deterrent or punishment for behavior

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Choice

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Choosing is refusing, scarcity causes us to choose

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Rational Choice

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Choosing in own best interest, as you perceive them.

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Cost or Opportunity cost

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Highest value alternative. The value of the next best choice.

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Interdependence

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The condition where countries become dependent on one another because of specialization and trade

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GATT

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The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

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NAFTA

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North American Free Trade Agreement

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WTO

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World Trade Organization

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Standards

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Laws or regulations that countries use to restrict imports.

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Embargo

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When one nation prohibits trade with another, often for political reasons.

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Tariff

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A tax on imports.

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Subsidy

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Payments made to domestic businesses to help them compete with foreign businesses.

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Quota

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A limit on the amount of goods that can be imported.

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Specialization

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When production is concentrated on producing only those goods and services that can most efficiently be produced given existing resources.

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Value

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BASED ON TASTES & PREFERENCES. THE GREATER THE SUPPLY THE LOWER THE Price.

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Price

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WILLINGNESS OF BUYER AND ABILITY OF THE BUYER TO PURCHASE A PRODUCT.

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Cost/Benefit analysis

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COMPARES BENEFITS GENERATED BY AN ACTIVITY WITH ITS OPPORTUNITY COST. THE RULE IS BENEFITS EXCEED COSTS THAN THE ACTIVITY IS GOOD AND SHOULD BE UNDERTAKEN.

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Demand

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IS THE DIFFERENT QUANTITIES OF A RESOURCE, GOOD, OR SERVICE THAT WILL BE OFFERED FOR SALE AT VARIOUS PRICES DURING A SPECIFIC TIME PERIOD (WILLINGNESS AND ABILITY TO PURCHASE GOODS AND SERVICES FOR A PARTICULAR PRICE)

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Supply

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IS THE DIFFERENT QUANTITIES OF A RESOURCE, GOOD, OR SERVICE THAT WILL BE OFFERED FOE SALE AT VARIOUS POSSIBLE PRICES DURING A SPECIFIC TIME PERIOD (QUANTITY OF A PRODUCT PRODUCERS ARE WILLING TO PROVIDE AT A PARTICULAR PRICE)

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Mixed Economy

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An economic system that allows for economic freedoms of capitalism with government regulations that attempt to achieve social aims of the government.

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Free market Economy

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The system of buying and selling of goods in which the citizens of a country are permitted to determine prices and sell products without interference by the government.

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Command Economy

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An economic system where economic decisions are planned out in detail by a central government.

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Traditional Economy

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An economic system that is based on agriculture, fishing and hunting.

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Cabinet

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A group of people appointed by a president or prime minister to help run the government and to act as advisors.

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Agriculture

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Farming.

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Commonwealth

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A nation or state governed by the people; a republic.

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Communism

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A form of government in which there is no private property, and wages and prices are controlled by the country’s rulers body.

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Constitution

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The system of laws and principles for a government.

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