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5 thems of geography

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Location, Place, Rigion, Movment, H.E.I.

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Location

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ABSOULTE LOCATION is its place on the globe. using longitude and latitude. RELATIOVE LOCATION its relation compared to other places.

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Place

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PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS places have uniqe phisical characteristics, such as land forms. HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS how many people live there ect.

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Region

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Is a GROUP of PLACES with atleast INE COMMON CARICTERISTIC.

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Movment

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Places have different characteristics it falllows that people goods and ideas will move with them.

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Human Envierment Interaction (HEI)

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how people use their enviorment how have they changed ect.

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Nateral resorces

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we are depednet on them, food water ect.

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Fossil Fuels

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  • nonrenuable
  • eventuly distryed
  • not clean
  • creat GREEN HOUSE effect when burned
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G.D.P

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Gross Domestic Product

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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inthe 1900s was leader reformed the media so people could say what they wish without goverment persicution this was called the Glasnost.

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Valdimar lennin

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in 1917 czars were over throun do to his leadership.

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Karl Marx

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didnt like how the people doing the work were not benifiting, but the owners did. communisum made workers get the same as the owners.

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Joseph Stalin

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Dictaorship he had no incentive to work with no freedom.

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Chec hen Rebels

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do not like being part of Russia they set bombs in Mascow and other Russian citys, in rebelion.

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Economic Problems in Russia

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Inflation proses skyrocket!

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Poland Jewish population

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6,000 Jews were killed in the Holocost, half of them that is 3,ooo were Polish

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Lech Walesa

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in 1980 was aworded the Noble Oeace Prize for his struggle against the dictatorship.

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Chechoslovaikia

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split into Czech and Slovikia

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Berlin Wall

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in 1989 people took to the streets this is known as the Velvet Revolution becouse there was no blood shead.
-Between Berrlin and Germany

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Vaclav Havel

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leader of the Velvet Revilolution. he was a reble and was elected as Czechoslovikia president, this was the first democratic election.

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Velvet Divorce

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in 1993 when Czechoslovikia split, based on ethnic magority

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The Amizon Basin

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contains 1/3 of the tropical forests in the world

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46% of Brazil is _________.

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middle class

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The Slums in Brazil are called _________.

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Favelas.

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Lula da Silva

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was paet of illigal orginazations when there was a dictorship, they put him in jail, 4yrs later became president in 2003. his focous is fighting pverty.

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China is a ___________ country.

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communist

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China is also known as ___ _______ _______ __ _____.

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the peoples republic of china.

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2 partys i china after Chaing Kai-shek defeted the worlords in China,

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Nationalist party and Marxs communism.

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wwhat are the four modernizations? and who launched it?

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it was the power strugle that followed Maos death. Deng Xiaoping started the program, he wanted all ideas to be considered and to improve agriculiter,

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Fifth modernization

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Political Freedom, started by rebles and was not successful.

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spheres of influence

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in 1900 foreign powers had carved china into spheres of influence.

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Qing dynasty

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last dynasty in china it was overthrown

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Mao Zedong

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losing communist army embarked on the 6,000 mile “ long march” in a desperate act of survival .

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The Long March

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lead be Mao Zedong, who fled from china in a desperate act of survival.

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4 Olds

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  • old ideology
  • old thought
  • old habits
  • old customs
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Red Book

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filled with quotes said by Mao.

37
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after Mao died in 1976, Deng Xiaoping took over and began a program of __________________.

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The four modernizations

38
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What are the two chinas?

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the poor rural china & urbanization.

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China is now the #1_____ ________ in the world.

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energy consumer.

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in the North-West of china:

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-silk road
-little agriculture and people
-harsh terrain
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in the South West of china:

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-plateau of Tebet
-not all chinese mostly Tibetans
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in the North-East of China:

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  • yellow river
  • Beijing
  • very populated
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in the South-East of China:

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  • Yangzi river used for transportation and ag.
  • Hongkong
  • Pearl river
  • economic center
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typical chinese that we think of is ________.

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Han chinese

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china is home to ____ ethnic groups.

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