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Studying Geography Flashcards

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focuses on the Earth’s natural environment

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Physical Geography

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focuses on the distribution and characteristics of people

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Human Geography

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is the study of map making

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cartography

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climate and weather patterns of the earth

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meteorology

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5
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study people in an area using statistics

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Demography

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are architects that work on an entire neighborhood or city

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Urban Planning

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7
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a perfect scale model of the earth

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globe

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are design like a cylinder has been wrapped around the globe.

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mercator maps

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the world as if a cone was placed over the earth

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conic maps

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take the cylinder-approach of the mercator map, but cut out parts to try to stay accurate.

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interrupted maps

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are like conic maps that try to show part of the earth as a falt plain

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flat-plane projections

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show weather patterns and atmospheric conditions

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climate and participation maps

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13
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show the distributions of people and resources

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Population and economic maps

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show an area’s land features

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elevation and topographic maps

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15
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diagram of directions

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compass rose

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16
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shows how far distances are on a map

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distance scale

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17
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map key

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legend

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18
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a small map set within a bigger map

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inset maps

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19
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imaginary line around earth’s surface

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latitude

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20
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angular difference from the prime meridian

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longitude

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21
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imaginary circle around Earth’s surface

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equator

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22
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adopted as the 0 of longitude

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prime meridian

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23
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line where the date changes

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international date line

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A half of the earth, usually as divided into northern and southern halves by the equator, or into western and eastern

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hemisphere

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25
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northern line of latitude near equator

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tropic of cancer

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26
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southern line of latitude near the equator

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tropic of cancer

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is a way of describing the position of an object or place, perhaps (but not limited to) on the surface of the earth

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absolute location

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A location of a place in relation to another place (i.e. south or downhill).

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relative location

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29
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area or portion of space

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place

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30
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state of atmosphere

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weather

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31
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typical weather in a region

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climate

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32
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air pressure

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atmospheric pressure

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33
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an area where the warm air rises and flows inward. The rotation of the Earth causes the air to rise in a counterclockwise spiral

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low pressure zone

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34
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an area where cool air slowly sinks toward the surface of the Earth and spreads outward.

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high pressure zone

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35
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as a system of high pressure that rotates clockwise within the Northern hemisphere.

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global wind belts

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36
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A wind from the direction that is most usual at a particular place or season.

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prevailing winds

37
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Area of low atmospheric pressure and calm westerly winds located at the equator.

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doldrums

38
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The term thermohaline circulation (THC) refers to the part of the large-scale ocean circulation that is driven by global density

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ocean conveyor belt

39
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a) ✜ Hot and rainy year round.

b) Rain forests and dense vegetation

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tropical humid

40
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a) ✜ Hot climates with seasonal rain.

b) Savanna grasslands dotted with tropical trees

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tropical wet and dry

41
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a) Very dry; very little rain

b) ✜ little vegetation, maybe some shrubs growing in gravel or sand.

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desert

42
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a) Generally dry with some seasonal precipitation

b) ✜ grassy plains, some desert shrubs.

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semi arid

43
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a) ✜ hot dry summer, cool moist winter.

b) Short trees and scrub brush

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mediterranean

44
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a) ✜ rainy winter, hot humid summer.

b) Mixed forests of leafy and needley trees

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humid subtropical

45
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a) Cool rain winters, mild rainy summers

b) ✜ Evergreen needley forests

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marine

46
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a) The most changeable climate, four seasons (Kansas City —W)
b) ✜ diverse vegetation of forests and grasslands.

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humid continental

47
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a) long cold winters; greatest average temperature range

b) ✜ vast evergreen forests.

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subartic

48
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a) ✜ temperatures only above freezing in the short summer.

b) Lichens, moss, herbs and low shrubs in permanently frozen soil

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tundra

49
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a) Huge flat masses of ice and snow on the poles

b) ✜ basically no vegetation.

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ice cap

50
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a) Temperatures ✜ vary based on how are elevations.

b) Vegetation ✜ varies based on elevation.

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highland

51
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A graph that depicts the annual cycle of temperature and rainfall for a geographical locations.

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climagraph

52
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its innermost hottest part

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inner core

53
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is a liquid layer about 2,260 kilometers thick composed of iron and nickel

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outer core

54
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the layer of disintegrated and decomposed rock fragments, including soil,

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mantle

55
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is the outermost layer of the Earth

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crust

56
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A theory explaining the structure of the earth’s crust and many associated phenomena

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plate tectonics

57
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The gradual movement of the continents across the earth’s surface through geological time.

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continental drift

58
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The zone of volcanic activity surrounding the Pacific Ocean.

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ring of fire

59
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A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each other and new crust is forming from magma that rises to the Earth’s surface between the two

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divergent plate boundaries

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A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other. If the two plates are of equal density, they usually push up against each other,

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convergent plate boundaries

61
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a strike-slip fault that occurs typically between segments of a mid-ocean ridge or other tectonic-plate boundary

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transform fault boundary

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Any of the chemical or mechanical processes by which rocks exposed to the weather undergo changes in character and break down.

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weathering

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The process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.

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erosion

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any of the various weathering processes that cause physical disintegration of exposed rock without any change in the chemical composition of the rock

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mechanical weathering

65
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any of the various weathering processes that cause exposed rock to undergo chemical decomposition, changing the chemical and mineralogical composition

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chemical weathering

66
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is the most important erosional agent and erodes most commonly as running water in streams.

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water erosion

67
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Movement of soil or rock from one point to another by the action of the moving ice of a glacier.

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ice erosion

68
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processes pertain to the activity of the winds and more specifically, to the winds’ ability to shape rock

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wind erosion

69
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All the waters on the earth’s surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth’s surface, such as clouds.

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hydrosphere

70
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Water that collects on the surface of the ground.

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surface water

71
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underground water that is held in the soil and in pervious rocks.
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ground water

72
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The level below which the ground is saturated with water.

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water table

73
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A vast groundwater resource under eight US states, used esp. for crop irrigation, that stretches from South Dakota to Texas and New Mexico.

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ogalla aquifer

74
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Continual flow of water between land, sea, and atmosphere, through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation (rain).

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Hydrologic cycle

75
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closely related to the statistical study of human politics and related to population geography

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demography

76
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average number of people living in an area expressed as persons per a square mile.

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population density

77
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the number of births each year for ever 1,000 people living in one place

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birthrate

78
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the total number of deaths each year for every 1,000 people, contributes to population change

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death rate

79
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the process of moving from one place to live in another place

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immigration

80
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people who leave a country to live somewhere else

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emigrants

81
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people who come to a new country to live

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immigrants

82
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cause people to leave a location, geographer analyze to study migration.

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push factors

83
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attract people to live in a new location

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pull factors

84
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people who have been forced to leavoe our home and cannot return we flee political unrest and wars

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refugees

85
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religion focus on one ethnic group and generally have not spread into other cultures.

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ethnic religion

86
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religion people believe in the presene of spirits and forces of nature

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animist religions

87
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refers to a belief in many gods

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polytheism

88
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religions try to seek converts, and have missionaries to help the religions grow.

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universalizing religions

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