Chapter 1 - Vocabulary

Question 0

location

Answer 0

where something is at

Question 1

Geography

Answer 1

the study of where people, places & things are located and how they relate to each other

Question 2

latitude

Answer 2

North or South of the equator

Question 3

longitude

Answer 3

east or west of the Prime Meridian

Question 4

import

Answer 4

things bought into a country from another

Question 5

export

Answer 5

to send something to another country

Question 6

interdependence

Answer 6

the dependence of countries on goods, resources & knowledge from other parts of the world

Question 7

relative location

Answer 7

a place in relation to another

Question 8

absolute location

Answer 8

exact location or placing

Question 9

physical characteristics

Answer 9

landforms, climate, soil and animal life of a place

Question 10

culture

Answer 10

things that make up how a person lives

Question 11

human characteristics

Answer 11

people’s way of life like their activities, ways of transportation, religion & languages

Question 12

polytheism

Answer 12

the worship of more than one god

Question 13

prime meridan

Answer 13

imaginary line that goes through Greenwich, England

Question 14

equator

Answer 14

divides the earth into two halves

Question 15

nuclear family

Answer 15

includes the wife, husband & children

Question 17

climate

Answer 17

usual or average weather a place has, over 20-30 years

Question 18

extended family

Answer 18

includes parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, & children

Question 18

monotheism

Answer 18

the worship of one god

Question 19

republic

Answer 19

people are able to choose the leaders who represent them

Question 20

dictatorship

Answer 20

a ruler or group holds power by force

Question 21

democracy

Answer 21

a gov’t where citizens have supreme power

Question 22

technology

Answer 22

skills & tools people use

Question 23

diffusion

Answer 23

the movement of customs or ideas from one place to another

Question 24

subculture

Answer 24

a group of people within a society who share certain beliefs, values and customs

Question 25

ethnocentrism

Answer 25

judging other cultures by the standards of their own

Question 26

racism

Answer 26

the belief that one racial group is naturally superior to another