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Midterm Study Guide For Geography Flashcards

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The study of the human and nonhuman features of Earth

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Geography

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Variety of different living things in a region or ecosystem

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Biodiversity

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To migrate out of a place

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Emigrate

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Cause of migration that pushes people to leave their home country

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Push factor

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Cause of migration that pulls, or attracts people to new countries

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Pull factor

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Movement of people from rural to urban areas

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Urbanization

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The beliefs, customs, practices, and behaviors of a particular

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Culture

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The most severe economic decline in United States history that began in 1929 and lasted throughout the 1930s

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Great Depression

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The efforts of African Americans to win equal rights during the 1950s and 1960s

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Civil rights movement

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Movement of people from one place to another

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Migration

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Migration into a country

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Immigration

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Good or service produced within a country and sold outside the county’s borders

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Export

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Good or service sold within a country, but produced in another country

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Import

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The interconnection of producers, consumers, and financial systems around the world

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Globalization

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The business practice of moving a company out of its home country to one with lower wages or other operating costs

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Offshoring

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The area of California and New Mexico given by Mexico to the United States in 1848

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Mexican Cession

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Armed rebellion in which the Mexican people fought for political and social reform

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Mexican Revolution

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Government controlled by a single leader

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Dictatorship

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19
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A complete ban on trade with a country

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Embargo

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20
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A movement of people from their homeland to other places

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Diaspora

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21
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The spread of cultural traits from one country to another

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Cultural diffusion

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Money that people who live in another country send back to families in their home countries

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Remittance

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Tourism that focuses on the environment and seeks to minimize environmental impact

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Ecotourism

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Cuban religion that combines Catholic and West African beliefs

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Santeria

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A body of public works, such as roads, bridges, and hospitals, that a country needs to support a modern economy

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Infrastructure

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A group of businesses that control an industry

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Cartel

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27
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A wide gap in access to the internet

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Digital divide

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A period in human history during which people used bronze to make tools and weapons

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Bronze Age

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An independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory

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City-state

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Hereditary class of rulers

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Aristocracy

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A form of government in which citizens hold political power

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Democracy

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Worship of many gods or deities

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Polytheism

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Collection of myths or stories that people tell about their gods and heroes

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Mythology

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34
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Form of teaching in which the teacher asks students question after question to force them to think more clearly

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Socratic method

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Split between Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches in 1054

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Great Schism

36
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A law code published by the Byzantine emperor Justinian

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Justinian’s Code

37
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A system of rule in which powerful lords divided their lands among lesser lords or vassals

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Feudalism

38
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A peasant who is legally bound to live and work on land owned by a lord

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Serf

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French for “rebirth”; refers to a period of culture revival in Europe from the 1300s to the 1500s

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Renaissance

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A cultural movement of the Renaissance based on the study of classical works

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Humanism

41
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A religious movement that begin in the 1500s to to reform the Catholic church that led to the creation of new Protestant churches

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Reformation

42
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A movement to strengthen the teachings and structure of the Catholic Church

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Counter Reformation

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Monarchy - or government with rules who inherit their position by birth - in which rulers have absolute and unlimited power

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Absolute monarchy

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A period during the 1600s and 1700s when the scholars studied culture and society by applying reason and natural laws

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Enlightenment

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A political movement that removed the French King from power and formed a republic

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French Revolution

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Someone with extreme views

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Radicals

47
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The application of machine power to manufacturing in the 1800s and the resulting transform of societies

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Industrial Revolution

48
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Process of creating an Empire by taking over other areas

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Imperialism

49
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Economic and political partnership among member nations

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European Union

50
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The mass murder of Jews by the Nazis during World War II

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Holocaust

51
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A political and economic system in which government owns all property and makes all economic decisions

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Communism

51
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An extremely rapid and sharp increase in prices

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Hyperinflation

52
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What are the 5 themes of Geography?

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Location, Place, Region, Movement, and Human Environment Interaction.

53
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What was the name of the disease that devastated Europe in 1347?

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Black Death

54
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Why did France sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States?

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To raise money to fund its wars in Europe.

55
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Why did Harriet Tubman return to slave territory after she escaped from slavery?

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To help other slaves escape as she had done

56
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What natural resources are important to the Canadian economy?

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Timber, oil, gas, and iron

57
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How does the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) encourage trade among the United States, Canada, and Mexico?

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It eliminates trade barriers such as tariffs.

58
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What challenges do Canadian and American Indians face?

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The right to protect their native or ancestral lands.

59
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What founding document protects the rights of citizens in the United States? What is the name of the similar document in Canada?

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The Bill of Rights
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The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

60
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What kinds of economies do the United States and Canada have?

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Both countries have mixed economies.

61
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What role did Father Jose Morelos play in the fight for Mexican independence?

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He wrote a Declaration of Independence and led rebels.

62
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What were the four main types of governments in the Caribbean nations?

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Presidential Democracy, Constitutional Monarchy, Communists dictatorship, and Parliamentary Democracies

63
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What are the four most important examples of diversity and blending in Caribbean culture?

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Languages, religions, art, and food

64
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What were key crops in Greece? How did they apply to trade?

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Olive trees and grape vines, and they produced olive oil and wine.

65
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What was Rome’s first form of government?

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Monarchy

66
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Who became the first Roman emperor?

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Caesar Augustus was the first Roman emperor.

67
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What year did Luther post the 95 Theses?

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1517

68
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What were the 3 society groups of the French?

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There was the clergy, nobles, and common people.

69
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How many Jewish were Killed during the Holocaust?

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During the Holocaust more than 6 million Jews died.

70
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What major benefit did the Mexican Revolution bring to the people of Mexico?

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A new constitution was approved that gave more land and rights to the poor and working class.

71
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Which two policies of the United States helped bring prosperity to Mexico and Central America?

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Free trade and economic investment.

72
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Which country ruled Haiti at the time of its first fight for independence?

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France

73
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What economic barriers does NAFTA limit among its members?

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Tariffs, quotas, and embargoes

74
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What wars were part of the Cold War the United States waged to contain communism?

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The Korean War and the Vietnam War.

75
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What major event followed the Great Depression?

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World War ll

76
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What are the cardinal directions? What are the intermediate directions?

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Cardinal directions are the North, East, South, and West; Intermediate directions are Northeast, Northwest, Southwest, Southeast

77
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What is another name for temperate zones?

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Middle latitudes

78
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What common traits act to unify cultures?

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Shared language or religion

79
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Which of the major religion evolved gradually rather than beginning at a specified time?

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Hinduism

80
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What are the four types of economic systems?

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Traditional, command, market, and mixed

81
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What metal did the Greeks use that was stronger than bronze?

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Iron

82
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What does hellenistic mean?

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Greek derived.

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