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Social Studies Midterm Flashcards

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OPEC - How do they affect the cost of oil?

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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries; regulates the supply of oil to influence the price of the commodity on the world market

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quota

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the limited number or quantity of something which is officially allowed

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tarriff

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a tax on the import or export for goods between countries

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embargo

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an order stopping the movement of trade shipped into or out of countries

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Economic Specialization

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narrowing the production of goods to only a few different items. No country can have everything they need

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Why are most economies not strictly command or strictly market?

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It is difficult for a country to maintain an economy without some government influence or free market activity.

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Entreprenuer

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Someone who makes their own organization/company

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Trade Barrier

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Restriction or limitations on trade because they want sell and produce their own goods

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nationalism

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the idea that your own country is better than all other countries

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Theocracy

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A state where the government is led or a religion or deity and the legal system is based on religious law.

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Dictatorship

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A government or a situation where one person makes all rules and decisions without input from anyone else.

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Oligarchy

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A government by the few

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Communism

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Political and economic system where major resources are owned by the public or state and wealth is divided between citizens equally or according to need

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Democracy

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A system of government where the people hold the power to choose their leaders and make decisions about their country

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Monarchy

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A ruler (monarch) gets their power through heredity, the ruler has all the power

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Unitary

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A centralized government structure where all the power is held by a single central authority

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Federation

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A system of government in which the same territory is controlled by two or more levels of government

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Confederation

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A political union sovereign states united for purposes of common action.

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SW Asian Country that has a monarchy

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Saudi Arabia

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ethnic group

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a community or population made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent

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religious group

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A coalition of people who practice a particular religion

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Five Pillars of Faith

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  1. Daily Prayer
  2. Giving to charity
  3. Belief in and submission to one God
  4. Fasting during the month of Ramadan
  5. A pilgrimage to Mecca once in a lifetime
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common figure in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

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Abraham

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Anti-Semitism

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Hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people

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Hajj

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A yearly Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia

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Jews, Christian, and Muslims common believe

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The same one God

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Suez Canal

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It is a canal in Egypt; important because it is a human made waterway that across the Isthmus of Suez and is the shortest maritime rout to Asia and Europe

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Why Iraq had difficulty forming a new government

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Because the Shia and Sunni Muslims continue to fight one another for power

28
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Decline of Ottoman Empire

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Increasing lack of ability and power of sultans and they sided with the Central Powers who were defeated in WWI

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Outcome of the 1948 War between Israel and Arabs

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Over half of the Palestine Arab population were expelled and Palestine lost all of their land

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Himalayan Mountains Nickname

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Roof of the World

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Ganges River Nickname

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Mother Ganges

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Huang He River Nickname

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China;s Sorrow

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Gobi Desert Nickname

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Shamo

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monsoon

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A shift in winds that bring a rainy season and dry season

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effects of monsoon

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heavy rainfall, fresh water, hydropower

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Indus

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begins in mountains of China and flows to Pakistan emptying into the Arabian Sea

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Ganges

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begins in Himalaya Mountains, flows across India into Bangladesh emptying into the Bay of Bengal

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Huang He

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begins in Plateau of Tibet and ends in the Yellow Sea

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Mekong

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begins in Plateau of Tibet and ends in the South China Sea

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Yangtze

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begins in Plateau of Tibet and empties into the East China Sea near Shanghai

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Indus importance

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supporting agriculture millennia

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Ganges Importance

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most sacred river to the Hindus

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Huang He importance

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Provides fertile land for development of agriculture in northern China

44
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Mekong

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Delta has some of the richest farmland in the region

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Yangtze

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hydroelectric power, water for agriculture and transportation for cargo ships

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Indus located

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Tibet, India, Pakistan

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Ganges location

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India and Bangladesh

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Huang He location

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Tibet and China

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Mekong location

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China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam

50
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Yangtze location

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China

51
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Why does the northern part of China have dry areas such as the Gobi and Taklimakan Deserts?

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Primarily because of the rain shadow effects created by the Himalayas

52
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Climate and Geography of Southern Eastern Asia

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There are Mountain Ranges all around; there are tropical and subtropical areas.

53
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Why does China have a variety of climates and resouces?

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climate - altitude, latitude and distance from the coast

resources - due to its geologic preconditions

54
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What shapes India’s Climate?

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Monsoons

55
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Most populated area of China

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Eastern Region

56
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India’s most populated area

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Rural areas and the Ganges River Valley

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