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SS Test #1 Flashcards

1
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What are the four parts of Global Studies?

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History, geography, economics, political science

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What is history?

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The knowledge of the past, and understanding it will affect the future

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Primary sources

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Firsthand accounts of history journals, diaries, and autobiographies

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Secondary sources

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Information created after the event has occurred textbooks and biographies

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Culture Diffusion

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The movement of ideas and culture from one group to another

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Interdependence

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The dependence of countries on each other for development

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What is political science?

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Study of the structure, activity, and behavior of government

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Totalitarian government

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Government that creates laws to maintain their own power. They do not consider the needs of the people in their decisions. The population has no real input into the functions of government

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Democracy

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Government creates laws that reflect the will of the people, and the government changes the will of their population

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Direct democracy

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Every person has a say in every matter

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Republic

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People votes representatives into power to run the government

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What is economics?

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Study of resources and how they affect people and cultures in their development. The idea of scarcity is the number or amount of resources found in an area

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Traditional economy

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No money exchanged. Bartering (trading) of goods and services. Labor intensive, very little surplus produced.

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Capitalist

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Market economy. Supply and demand. people produce goods, that meet the demand of the population..

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Socialism

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Command Economy, the government sets the amount of goods made, and their price. Also known as communism. No individual ownership.

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Mixed Economy

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When capitalism and socialism are combined and used in a country.

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What are the four types of resources?

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Natural, human, capital and information

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Naural resources

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Land, water, trees, coal oil. These are not man-made, and usually non-renewable

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Human

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Labor, abilities, and talents of the population

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Capital

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Machines and tools that make work easier: money is an example

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Information

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Knowledge, books, collective understanding

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Archipelago

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Group of islands with shared cultural identity

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Isthmus

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Narrow piece of land that connects to larger pieces of land

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Lake

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Body of fresh water surrounded land

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Plateau

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Evaluated land that’s flat at it’s peak

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Strait

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A smaller body of water that connects two larger bodies of water

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Plains

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Large area of flat grassy land lacking of trees

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Gulf

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Bodies of water surrounded by land on all sides but one (good for trade)

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Mountain

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Evaluated land that ends at a peak, very rocky and tend to be taller than hills

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Hill

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Evaluated land that is rounded and tends to have vegetation

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Political Map

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Borders of the countries, capital cities, and major cities

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Physical Map

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Elevations of land above sea level

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Population Map

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Show the population density of a given area

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Environment/climate map

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Shows the average daily weather and ecosystem of an area

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Economy Map

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Shows the major economic work of a region or area

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Culture

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The belief, tradition, language and norms shared by a group of people

37
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Customs and traditions

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Unwritten rules of culture

38
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Ethnocentric

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Judging one culture by your own culture’s standards

39
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Racism

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Believing that one culture/group is naturally superior to another group

40
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Geography Theme 1

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Location - latitude and longitude, used to find a specific place on Earth

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Geography Theme 2

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Place - description of an area that has similar characteristics

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Geography Theme 3

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Region - larger areas on earth with similar physical characteristics, languages and cultures

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Geography Theme 4

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Interaction between people and their environment - people either change their environment to fit their needs or adapt to the environment they live in

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Geography Theme 5

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Movement

  • Cultural diffusion: the movement of ideas and culture from one group to another
  • Interdependence: The dependence of countries on each other for development

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