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Group that shares a geographic region, a sense of identity and a culture

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Society

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It is the total knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by the members

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Culture

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Group that shares language, customs, and a common heritage

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Ethnic group

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One person

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Individual

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When two individuals have children

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Family

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Groups of families that share language and religion

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Clan

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Clans group together because of similar world views

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Tribe

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Taking existing technology and resources and creating something new

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Innovation

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Spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior

Languages spread in two ways
-through trade and through migration

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Diffuse

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A society changes because it accepts or rejects innovation

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Acculturation

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Changes in a speech pattern

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Dialect

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Belief in one God

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Monotheistic

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Belief in many gods

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Polytheistic

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Nature in charge of divine force

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Animistic

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Monotheistic

Based on the teachings of Jesus

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Christianity

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Oldest monotheistic religion

Faith and culture are tightly woven

Sacred text is called the Torah

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Judaism

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In 610 AD Muhamed reported seeing an angel who brought him a message from God

Monotheistic religion

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Islam

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Oldest religion to still be widely practiced

Polytheistic religion

Followers are mainly in India

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Hinduism

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Origins of the fifth century BC

Siddhartha Guatemala rejected strict rules of Hindu society

You live to reach a state of Nirvana

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Buddhism

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Number of births per thousand

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Birthrate

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Average number of children a woman will have

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Fertility rate

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Number of deaths per thousand

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Mortality rate

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Number of deaths of children under one year old

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Infant mortality rate

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Helps us to understand population trends within a country

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Population pyramid

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Movement of one place to another

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Migration

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Reasons for migrating

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Push-pull factors

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How heavily populated an area is

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Population density

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Number of organisms a certain piece of land can hold

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Carrying capacity

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A group of people who share a culture and land

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Nation

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A combination of political and cultural groups

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Nationstate

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Citizens hold political power

Can be either direct or representative

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Democracy

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Ruling family holds power

Can share power with the people if they so choose

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Monarchy

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Individual or group holds absolute political control

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Dictatorship

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All power resides with the government

Combines politics and economics

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Communism

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How much land does the country possess

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Size

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Decides how easy it is to govern

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Shape

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Is the country landlocked? Does it have a coast?

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Location

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Based on physical features

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Natural boundaries

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Boundaries which are created by people

Can divide for several reasons such as cultural differences

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Artificial boundaries

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Smaller cities which are in commuting distance from a larger city

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Suburbs

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Central city and its suburbs combine to create this

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Metropolitan area

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Formed when several metropolitan areas are combined

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Megalopolis

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The trend of leaving rural areas in favor of urban settings

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Urbanization

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Housing

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Residential

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Areas reserved for manufacturing goods

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Industrial

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Private business

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Commercial

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Core of a city where commercial activity occurs

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Central business district

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Production and exchange of goods and services

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Economy

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Goods and services are traded without the exchange of money

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Traditional

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Government owns production and thus decides what will be produced

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Command

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Production of goods and services is determined by the consumers

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Market

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Combination of command and market

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Mixed

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Gathering law materials

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Primary

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Using Resources to create products

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Secondary

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Providing business and professional services

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Tertiary

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Provide information management and research

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Quaternary

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Materials on or within earth that have economic value

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Natural resources

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Basic support system a country needs to keep an economy going

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Infrastructure

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Average amount of money earned by a person in a country

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Per capita income

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Total value of the goods and services produced by a country in one year

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Gross national product or GNP

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Total value of products produced within a country

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Gross domestic product or GDP

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