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The number of live births each year for everyone thousand people living in an area

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birthrate

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The statistical study of human population

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demography

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total number of deaths each year for everyone thousand people in a place

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death rate

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factors causing people to leave a location

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push factors

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factors attracting people to a new location

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pull factors

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The process of moving from one place to live in another

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migration

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all of the features of the peoples way of life

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culture

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human populations that share a common culture or ancestry

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ethnic groups

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an area in which people have many shared culture traits

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culture region

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process in which an individual or group adopt some of the traits of another culture

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acculturation

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A process occurring when an idea or innovation spreads from one person or group to another and is adopted

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diffusion

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

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globalization

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following long time practices and opposing many modern technologies and ideas

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traditionalism

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movement in which people believe and strictly following certain principles or teachings

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fundamentalism

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religions found among people of one ethnic group and that generally have not spreading to other cultures

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ethnic religions

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religions in which people believe in the presence of spirits and forces of nature

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animist religions

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religions that seek followers all over the world

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universalizing religions

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an economic system in which people for choose freely what to sell and buy

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market economy

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System that lets competition among businesses determine the price of products

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free enterprise

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an economic system in which businesses industries and resources are privately owned

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capitalism

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an economy system in which the government decides what to produce where to make it and what price to charge

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command economy

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on economic and political system in which the government owns or controls almost all the means of production

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communism

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The process by which manufacturing based on machine power becomes widespread in an area

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industrialization

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System of roads sports and other facilities need by a modern economy

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infrastructure

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growth in the population of people living in towns and cities

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urbanization

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huge urban areas that are the most important centers of economic power and wealth

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World cities

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City center dominated by large stores offices and buildings

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Central business district or CBD

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farming in which food is produced by family just for its own needs

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subsistence agriculture

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A process in which farmers clear trees or brush for short-term planting before moving onto clear another area

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shifting cultivation

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A type of subsistence farming/agriculture involving herding animals

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Pastoralism

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agricultural system in which farmers grow products to sell to consumers

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market oriented agriculture

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The operation of specialized commercial farms for more efficiency and profit

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agribusiness

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A government in which one person or small group of people roll country and in which the people have no say

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totalitarian government

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A system of government in which the people decide who will

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democracy

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and trade matters limits on the amount of products that can be imported

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Quota

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narrow strip of land with water on either side connecting to larger land areas

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isthmus

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steep sided depressions that form when the roof of a cave collapses

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sinkholes

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Spanish conquerors of foreign lands during the colonial era

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conquistadors

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large Spanish colonial Estates usually owned by wealthy families but worked my many peasants

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haciendas

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Open space and towns in Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries, often in front of a church

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Plaza

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people of mixed European and American Indian ancestry

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mestizos

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A leader who rules with almost absolute authority

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dictator

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crops grown for sale in a market

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cash crops

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special factories in Mexico owns mainly by American companies

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maquiladoras

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type of tree with roots that grow in salt water; found in tropical coastal areas around the world

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Man Grove

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ore from which aluminum is made

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bauxite

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native to an area

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indigenous

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people with both African and European ancestry

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mulattoes

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type of tree from which we get cocoa beans

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cacao

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type of tourism focusing on guide to travel through Natural area

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ecotourism

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what does CARICOM stand for?

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Caribbean community and common market

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originating in Cuba, a religion that blends African traditions and Christian beliefs

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santeria

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self-governing territory associated with another country

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Commonwealth

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language blending African, European, or indigenous Caribbean languages

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creole

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Haitian version of the traditional African religious believes that her blood was elements of Christianity

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voodoo

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A chain of high plateaus in the Guiana Highlands

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tepuis

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The line of elevation above which trees do not grow

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Treeline

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Rock or sand layers that contain oil

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tar sands

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large estates in South America

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latifundia

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A small country between two larger more powerful countries

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buffer state

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A change of government caused by a group taking control by force

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coup

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tropical plant with starchy roots

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manioc

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South American organization whose purpose is to expand trade, improved transportation, and produce tears among member countries

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mercosur

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small south American farms created one large colonial states were broken up

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minifundia

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large slums around Brazilian cities

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favelas

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having no coast on the ocean

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landlocked

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The use of fear and violence as a political force

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terrorism

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The crest dividing North America’s major river systems into those flowing eastward in those flowing westward

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Continental divide

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coastal islands created from San deposited by ocean waves and currents in shallow water

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Barrier islands

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an area at or near the foot of the mountain region

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Piedmont

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A natural boundary between two landform regions with different elevations Mark by rapids and waterfalls

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Fall line

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Low areas of land, often surrounded by mountains

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basins

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place where magma wells up to the service from Earth’s mantle

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hotspot

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soils deposited by streams or rivers

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alluvial soils

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events in the physical environment that can destroy human life and property

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natural hazards

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small plants that consist of algae and fungi

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lichens

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Territories controlled by people from a foreign land

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colonies

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large farms a produce one major crop often for export

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plantation

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able to speak to languages

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bilingual

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A city and its surrounding built up areas

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Metropolitan area

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Air pollution resulting from chemical reactions involving sunlight and automobile and industrial exhaust

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smog

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fit for growing crops

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Arable

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A group of cities in the north eastern United States that has grown into one largebuild up area; also used to describe similar areas around the world

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megalopolis

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A huge powerful country

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superpower

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Government district similar to states

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provinces

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A situation in which the value of the countries exports is less than the value of a country imports

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trade deficit

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A region that lives far away from major population centers

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hinterland

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A legislature led by a prime minister or premir

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Parliament

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The belief that certain parts of the country should be independent

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separatism

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A feeling of strong political and emotional loyalty to one’s own region

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regionalism

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an area with one or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas

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region

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region with one or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas

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formal region

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region made up of different places that are linked and function as a unit

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functional regions

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regions that reflects human feelings and attitudes

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perceptual region

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The study of maps and map making

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cartography

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The study of whether

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meteorology

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Lines on a globe Drawn in an east to west direction and measured in degrees

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latitude

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Lines on the globe drawn in an north to south direction and measured in degrees

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longitude

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Lines of latitude

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Parallels

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Lines of longitude

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meridians

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have the globe the divided by the equator or a meridian

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hemispheres

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condensed droplets of water that falls rain snow sleet or hail

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precipitation

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elevation Layout and shape of the land

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topography

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graph showing the percentage of males and females by age group in a countries population

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population pyramids

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One complete spin of a earth on its axis

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rotation

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One eliptical orbit of earth around the sun

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revolution

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Energy from the sun which reaches the earth as light and heat

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Solar energy

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weather conditions in a region over a long time

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climate

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The process in which Earth grows warmer over a period of time

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Global warming

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areas with no prevailing wind

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doldrums

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winds around centers of low atmospheric pressure

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cyclones

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communities of plants and animals

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ecosystems

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wind system in which winds reverse direction, and cause seasons of wet and dry weather

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monsoon

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dry

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arid

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permanently frozen soil below the ground surface

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permafrost

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Forest made up of trees that lose their leaves during part of the year

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deciduous forest

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forests of cone bearing evergreen trees

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coniferous forest

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The theory that Earth’s crust is divided into rigid plates before we move across the upper mantle

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plate tectonics

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statistical study of human populations

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demography

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The average number of people living in an area; usually expressed as persons per square mile or square kilometer

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population density

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people that have been forced to leave an area

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refugees

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original 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 belief in one God

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monotheism

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percentage of people who can read and write

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literacy rate

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countries with less productive economies the developed countries and low standards of living

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developing countries

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countries with high levels of industrialization and high standards of living

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developed

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System of roads sports and other facilities need by a modern economy

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infrastructure

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The operation of specialized commercial farms for more efficiency and profit

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agribusiness

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taxes on imports and exports

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tariffs

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limit on the amounts of a product that can be imported

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quota

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process in which farmers clear trees or brush for short term planting before moving on to clear another area

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shifting cultivation

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dominated by large stores, offices, and buildings

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central buisness district or CBD

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