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geography |
noun: study of Earth's physical and cultural featuresur |
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urban |
adjective: a densely populated area, city |
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rural |
adjective: a sparsely populated area, countryside |
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region |
noun: an area of Earth's surface with one or more shared characteristics (can by physical features or cultural similarities) |
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diffusion |
noun: the movement of ideas or behaviorshu |
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human geography |
noun: the study of people and how they affect a place or how a place affects them |
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physical geography |
noun: the study of how a place LOOKS |
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tributary |
noun: a creek, stream, or river that flows into a bigger river |
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resource |
noun: something you can use |
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renewable resource |
noun: a resource that is replaceable, like trees |
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nonrenewable resource |
noun: a resource that can't be replaced, like oil or coal |
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fossil fuel |
noun: a nonrenewable resource, fuels created by deep compression of fossils, ex: coal, oil |
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culture |
noun: a LEARNED system of shared beliefs and ways of doing things that guides a person's daily behavior |
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ethnic group |
noun: a group of people who share a common culture |
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multicultural |
adjective: describes a country or community that has many different cultures within it |
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race |
noun: a culturally agreed upon classification for people based upon the looks they inherited at birth - race is cultural, not biological although it is based upon physical appearance |
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economy |
noun: the method in which goods and services are created and traded within a region |
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market economy |
noun: CONSUMERS determine what is made in the economy by choosing what to buy with the free use of their money - mostly found in developed countries |
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traditional economy |
noun: an economy based on traditional practices - think bartering, trading, subsistence farming, hunting and gathering - mostly found in undeveloped or third world countries |
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command economy |
noun: an economy where the GOVERNMENT controls what is made, when, and how it's sold (communist countries or dictator ruled countries) |
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globalization |
noun: how the world is becoming more connected and cultures from the other side of the world influence us through trade, television, the internet - the sharing of cultures around the globe |
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popular culture |
noun: widely shared beliefs and ways of doing things - the culture that is POPULAR |
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refugee |
noun: a person who is FORCED to leave their home by war, famine, catastrophe |
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conflict |
noun: disagreement, unrest, debate, possibly war - the root cause of change |
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consumption |
noun: the act of buying, taking, using verb form: consume |
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tariff |
noun: tax on imports or exports |
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import |
verb: to bring goods in from other countries |
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export |
verb: to sell goods to foreign countries |
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embargo |
noun: exists when you stop trade with another country - embargos are often used as a punishment for countries we're trying to pressure into changing (Cuba, Iran) |
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quota |
noun: a government imposed trade restriction that limits certain goods that can be imported or exported |
