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Unit 2 Flashcards

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1
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The process of turning from liquid into a gas

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Evaporation

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A community of plants and animals

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Ecosystem

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Movement of surface material from one location to another by water, wind, and ice

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Erosion

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First and smallest streams formed from the runoff of a mountain, eventually forming rivers

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Headwaters

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The practice of planting different crops in a field in alternating years

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Crop Rotation

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A regional variety of a language

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Dialect

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The belief in many gods

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Polytheism

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The number of live births each year for every 1000 people living in a place

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Birthrate

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In trade matters limits on the amount of a product that can be imported

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Quota

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A feeling of pride and loyalty for one’s country or culture group

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Nationalism

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The process of moving from one place to live to another

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Migration

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Downward movement of minerals and humus in soils

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Leaching

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The process by which water vapor changes from gas into a liquid

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Condensation

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Liquid rock within Earth

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Magma

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15
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Thick masses of ice

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Glacier

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Any smaller stream or river that flow into a larger stream or river

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Tributaries

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Destruction or loss of forests

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Deforestation

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Taxes on imports and exports

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Tariffs

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An economic system in which people choose freely what to buy or sell

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Market Economy

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The belief in many gods

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Monotheism

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Total number of deaths each year for every 1000 people in a place

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Death Rate

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Boundaries that are based on culture traits

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Cultural Boundary

23
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Growth in the proportion of people living in towns and cities

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Urbanization

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The world’s flattest and smoothest regions

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Abyssal Plain

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An economic system in which the government decides what produce, where to make it, and what price to charge

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Command Economy

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Islamic houses of worship

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Mosque

27
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People who have been forced to leave an area

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Refugees

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The process in which connections around the world increase and cultures become more alike

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Globalization

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Assimilation to a different culture, typically the dominant one.

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Acculturation

30
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the breaking away of rocks and minerals

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Weathering

31
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An economic system in which business, industries and resources are privately traveling together

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Capitalism

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All the of people’s way of life

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Culture

33
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Percentage of people who can read and write

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Literacy Rate

34
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The replanting of trees in an area

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Reforestation

35
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The removal of salt from the water

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Desalinization

36
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The goods a country brings in from different nations

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Import

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The goods a country sells or trades with another nation

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Export

38
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The ability to produce something are a lower opportunity cost than another can.

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Comparative Advantage

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Use of tactics that make imported goods more expensive than domestic goods

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Protectionism

40
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Tax on imports. The goal is to make the price of imported goods higher than those produced at home

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Tariffs

41
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A payment or other benefit given by government to help a domestic producer

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Subsidy

42
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A nation’s exports minus its imports

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Balance of Trade

43
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A positive trade balance

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Trade Surplus

44
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A negative trade balance

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Trade Deficit

45
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Value of a nation’s currency in comparison to other nation’s currency

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Exchange Rate

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