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What is the ring of fire

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Zone around the rim of the Pacific ocean with many active volcanoes

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What is a tributary

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A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake

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What is a river basin

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An area of land drained by a river and its tributaries

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The area where an earthquake originated from

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Th epicenter

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What are the factors that influence climate

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The average temperature and precipitation

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What is weather

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Weather is the temporary condition of the location

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What is climate

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The average temperature of a place over a long period of time

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What is physical weathering

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Breaking down rock into smaller pieces. It doesn’t change the composition of rock, only its size

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What is chemical weathering

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Rocks change into a new substance as a result of interaction between elements in the air or water and the minerals in the rock

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What are the five themes of geography

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Movement- movement of people and goods
Region- and area that has similar, unifying characteristics
Location – position on the earth surface
integration – integration between people and their environment
Place – physical features (climate, animals, etc)

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What is absolute location

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The exact place on earth where a geographic feature, such as the city, is found

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What is relative location

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Describes the place in comparison to other places around it

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What is a nonrenewable resource

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It can’t be replaced

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What is a renewable resource

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They can be replaced

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What is an inexhaustible resource

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There is an unlimited amount of them

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What is desertification and how does it affect humans

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Desertification is when fertile land becomes desert, usually because of the drought and deforestation . It impacts human because the people living in the area have no more food and water and are forced to move

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What is population distribution

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The spread of people across the world

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It is a population pyramid and what is its purpose

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It is a diagram that shows you the distribution of different age groups. It can show us how events affect the population and it is an easy source to show us rapid increase or decrease in population

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What is urbanization

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A dramatic rise in the amount of people moving into cities and the changes that result from it

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What is immigration

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The act of coming to live permanently in a foreign country

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What is emigration

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People moving out of the place

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What is migration

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People moving into a place

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What are push factors

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Factors that make you want to leave a place

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What are Pull factors

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Factors that make you want to move to a place

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What are the factors that make a country underdeveloped
Fast growing population/high birth rate, death rate, and infant mortality rate/literacy rate is low/life expectancy is low
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What are the factors that make a country developing
Not growing fast/life expectancy is pretty old/literacy rate is 50 to 90%/ birthrate death rate, and infant mortality rates are pretty low
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What are the factors that make a country developed
Slow-growing/old life expectancy/literacy rate is over 90%/birthrate, death rate, and infant mortality rate are very low
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Taking a piece of technology and improving upon it is an example of what
Innovation
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Who's technology distributed throughout the world in regards to LDC, and NIC, and MDC nations
Few technology in LDS/some technology and NIC/a lot of technology in MDC
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What is culture
Total knowledge of values, attitudes, and Norms shared by and passed on by the members of a specific group
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What is cultural diffusion
A discussion and sharing of ideas, beliefs, or concepts between different cultural groups
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What is nationalism
A feeling of pride and loyalty towards ones country
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What is race
Socially meaningful category of people who share biologically transmitted traits that are obvious and considered important
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What is ethnicity
A specific group that shares a language, customs, and common heritage
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What is monotheism
The belief in one God (christianity, Islam, Judaism)
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What is polytheistic
The belief in many gods(Buddhism)
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What are the three major subdivisions of Christianity
Eastern orthodox, Catholicism, and Protestant
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How do you read salvation in Buddhism
Giving up selfish desires
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What is the holy book of Judaism
The Torah
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What is the holy book of Christianity
The Bible
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What is the holy book of Islam
The Quran
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What is the holy book of Hinduism
The Veda
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The holy book of Buddhism
The sutras
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Where do Jewish people worship
Synagogues
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Where do Christians worship
Churches
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Where do Islam's worship
Mosques
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Where do Hindus worship
Temples
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Where Do Buddhists worship
Temples
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Who is the founder of Judaism
Moses
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Who is the founder of Christianity
Jesus
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Who is the founder of Islam
Muhamed
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Who is the founder of Hinduism
No founder
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Who is the founder of Buddhism
The Buddha/Siddhartha Gautama
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Why do countries trade
They trade with each other when they're country does not have that resource
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What is a monarchy
It's efficient and there's never any doubt Who the next ruler will be. There is no voting and a ruling family can be a strong man holding a nation together
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What is a dictatorship
The leader seizes there power usually through force, leader can easily restore peace and order, people don't have a voice,
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What is the theocracy
A government headed by religious leaders/ people are government through rule of law laid out by religion, encourages political and social unity, decisions are in line with peoples morals and values
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What is direct democracy
People vote directly and determine lawns and policies, popular sovereignty, people have a lot of power, time-consuming
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What is a single party state
Power is exercised by the leading members of the party who formed the political elite, I would much of the political wrangling that is common in other forms of government, easier to pass laws, a small group of people out of everyone have the power
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What is parliamentary democracy
Lawmakers vote, no uneducated people can vote, laws are passed quicker, people don't really say in what's going on, no clear separation between executive and legislative branches
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What is a presidential democracy
The people vote, people have said what's going on, defined separation of power
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What is a unitary state
A system of government where the central government is the supreme power, authority is made by the central government for all people, no state for subdivisions, upper government and bypasses everyone to act directly for the people
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What is federalism
Dividepower between a central government and various consistent governments, central government is usually more focus on the people as a whole, written constitution,act directly on its citizens
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What is a confederation
Divided between the national and state authorities in which primary power rest with and the individual states or semi autonomous areas, National government must go through the state acting directly on the people, states can overrule federal government, national government is typically only use two to negotiate treaties or organize defense and print courtesy
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What is a capitalist economy
Free enterprise, free market, countries trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit rather than by the state, consumers make decisions, they will be winners and losers
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What is a command economy
Communism, system which decisions regarding production and investment are embodied in a plan formulated by the central authority usually buy a public body such as a government agency, attempts to eliminate some of the classes and the need for money, everyone has a job, no bankruptcy, the government is in total control, consumer has no choice
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What is a Socialist economy
Mixed economy, both the private sector and state direct the economy reflecting characteristics of both market economies and planned economies, government pay for healthcare, redistribution of wealth from Rich the poor, almost every market economy has some government control
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What explains the reason for seasons
The tilt of earths axis
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What are the basic principles of Buddhism
The 4 noble truths, meditation, the seek nirvana
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What are the basic principals of Islam
5 pillars of faith (declaration of faith, pray 5times daily, fastiry, giving to charity, pilgrimage to Mecca)
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What are the followers of Judaism called
Jews
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What are the followers of Christianity called
Christians
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What are the followers of Islam called
Muslims
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What are the followers of Hinduism called
Hindus
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What are the followers of Buddhism called
Buddhists
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What is the reasons for seasons
The tilt of earths axis
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What internal forces cause earthquakes
Earths plates moving together
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What internal forces cause volcanoes
Earths temperature because once it reaches a certain point it explodes
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What are the internal and external forces that cause mountains
Internal are plates colliding | External is erosion
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What is cultural hearth
A site of innovation from which basic ideas, materials, and technology diffuse to many cultures
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What is innovation
Taking existing technology and resources and creating something new to meet a need
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What is assimilation
The blending of cultures
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What is adaptation
Humans changing the way we live to survive in that environment
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What is modification
Humans changing the environment to fit us and what we want
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What is dependency
Humans interacting with the environment but not changing anything about it
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What is animistic religion
Animals and nature have spirits
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What is movement in 5 themes
Movement of people and goods
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What is region in five themes
An area that has similar, unifying characteristics
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What is location if five themes
Position on the earths surface
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What is integration in five themes
Integration between people and their environment
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What is place in five themes
Physical features (climate, animals,etc.)

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