Vocabulary (all units) Flashcards
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Plate tectonics
The theory developed to explain continental drift.
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Continental shelf
Shallow seabed surrounding a continent
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El niño
Irregularly occurring climactic changes
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Fault
A fracture in a rock where there has been movement or displacement
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Nation
An organized body of people under a single government
Describe
Environment
The totality of surrounding conditions
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Place
What makes a location unique (natural and cultural features)
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Society
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
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Paleolithic
Earliest age of human history
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Systematic agriculture
Agriculture done in a way that they could rely on crops
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Domestication
To tame an animal
Define revolution
To overthrow a government or social structure for a more favorable one
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Aristocracy
Upper class whose wealth is based on land
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Traditional economy
traditions, customs, and beliefs shape the goods and products the society creates
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Pharaoh
Title of Egyptian monarchs
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Kami
Divine spirit in the Shinto religion
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Ise
A city in japan
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Amaterasu
Principle deity of Shinto religion
Sun goddess
what are the five constant relationships
1) Ruler to Subject
2) Father to Son
3) Elder Brother to Younger Brother
4) Husband to Wife
5) Friend to Friend
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Tao te Ching
Fundamental text in Daoism and Confucianism
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Vedas
Ancient Hindu scriptures
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religion
Belief in and worship of a superior all knowing being
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Dharma
Hinduism’s principle of cosmic order
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Yogas
A method of training developed by Hindu used to lead to oneness with god
