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Geography, Anthropolgy, Sociology Flashcards

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Study of the natural processes of the earth

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Physical geography

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Study of impact of people on the physical world

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Human geography

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Distance btwn residential areas and transportation stops

Example of:

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Spatial relationships

Geography- study of spatial distribution

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Cardinal directions

Directions btwn cardinal directions

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N,s,e,w

Intermediate directions

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Longitude and latitude, addresses are examples of

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Absolute locations

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Where a place is situated in relation to another place

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Relative location

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3 low latitudes

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Tropical rainforest - Africa, Asia

Savannah - dry in winter, wet in summer 10-30 in of rain

Desert - less than 10 in of rain/ yr

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3 middle latitudes - most rain, most fertile

  • which supports greatest % of worlds population
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Mediterranean

Humid subtropical * most of worlds population

Marine climate - warm and rainy

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Best climate for farming

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Humid continental climate (4seasons)

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Areas or continents far from the ocean

Flatlands with minimal rainfall

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Steppes

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2 high latitudes

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Tundra, taiga

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_ climate

N. Russia, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Alaska, Canada

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Taiga

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Development of cities - industrial revolution

Movement to outskirts of cities, semi-rural

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Urbanization

Suburbanization

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Migration

Push factors

Pull factors

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Push - famine, drought, war, political persecution

Pull- jobs, better living

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Children learn values, actions, and attitudes that are appropriate for members of their culture

Ex: eat dinner with family every night

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Primary socialization

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Learn the appropriate values, actins attitudes, as a member of a smaller group within a larger society

Occurs in adolescence. Influences will be teachers, employers, authority

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Secondary socialization

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3 forms of sociological interactions

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Conflict
Cooperation
Exchange

Praxis Elementary Education (34 decks)

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