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absolute location

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the exact spot on earth w/ geographic feature

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relative location

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where a place is compared to something that is commonly known

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latitude

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runs parellel with the equator

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longitude

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measures degrees from prime meridian

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place

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sight
hear
taste
feel
smell
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movement

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the way people, ideas and products move from place to place

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linear distance

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how FAR something moves across the earth

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time distance

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how LONG it takes for a person to travel somewhere

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psycgological distance

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the way people view distance

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formal region

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defined by a few characters

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functional region

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usually a central hub

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preceptual region

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one in which people see the characteristics the same way

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dialect

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changes in speech patterns related to class, region or other cultural changes

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diffusion

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the spread of ideas and inventions from different socities

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visual arts

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  • architecture
  • painting
  • sculpture
  • textiles
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oral or written

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poems
folk tales
stories

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traditional economy

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goods an services traded without exchanging money

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command economy

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production of goods determined by a central government and owns the factories

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market economy

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supply and demand

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performing arts

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music
dance
theater
film

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mixed economy

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combination of command and market economies provides goods and serves so that people will benefit

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primary

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gather natural resources for use or sale

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secondary

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take resources and and value then sell

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tertiary

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services

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quaternary

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highly skilled and trained workers who serve businesses

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natural resources

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materials that are on or in the earth that have value

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renewable

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can be replaced though natural processes

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nonrewable

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cannot be replaed once taken from the ground

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GDP

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total money value of all goods and services produced WITHIN a country

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GNP

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total value of all goods and services produced by a country

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infrastructure

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basic systems needed to keep an economy going

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inexhaustable

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resources that are result of solar or planetary processes

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pull factor

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make you want to go elsewhere

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monotheistic

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belief in 1 god

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push factor

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force someone to leave their home

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polytheistic

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belief in multiple gods

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animistic

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belief in divine forces in nature

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major world religions

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judiasm
*christianity
islam
hinduism
buddhism
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state

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independeny unit that occupies a specific territory and has full control of its internal and external affairs

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nation

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refers a group of people with a common heritage

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nation-state

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when a nation and a state occupy the same territory

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rural

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small towns and villages

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urban

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large cities

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suburbs

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the build up area that surrounds a city

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exburbs

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smaller towns and cities with open land between them and the central cites

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metropolitan area

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the city along with its suburbs

and exburbs

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urbanization

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the trend of people moving to cities

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innovation

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inventions

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acculturation

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when a society changes because of the innovation

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dictatorship

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an individual or group holds polictical power

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democracy

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citizens got the power

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monarchy

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ruled by a king and queen

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communism

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all and power and production by the government

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natural boundaries

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natural features

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artifical boundaries

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man made borders

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