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Diffusion |
The movement of customs or ideas from one place to another; Examples: Food, Cars, Music |
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Subcultures |
A group of people within a society who share certain beliefs, values, and customs; Examples: Religion Groups, Rap Groups, Punck Rock Groups |
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Ethnocentrisms |
Judging another culture by the standards of your own; Examples: Stating people or by judging their standards. |
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Racism |
The belief that one racial group is naturally superior to another; Examples: Saying that your better than another counrty. |
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Culture |
To understand all things that make up a people's entire way of life. (Elements of culture: Social Classes, Customs and traditions. Religion. Arts and Literatue, Nuclear Family vs. Extended Family, and Language) |
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Government |
Basic funtions to provide for common needs of its people (Government Examples: Democracy, Republic, Dictatorship, Communist, and Monarchy) |
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Ecomomic Systems |
To use recourses, to satisfy the wants and needs of a population (Examples: Traditonal, Market, Command, Mixed) |
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Topography |
The physical features of a plae or region. |
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Major Landforms |
Different kinds of natural features or landforms (Examples: mountains, plains, hills, elevation, plateaus) |
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Climate |
The average wheather a place has over a period of 20 to 30 years. |
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Map |
Serves a different purpose or veiw of the world. |
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MercatorProjection |
A map that gives an accurate veiw of land areas near the equator. |
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Peters Projection |
A map that showes the correct areas of landmasses and oceans. |
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Robinson Projection |
A map that shows the correct sizes ans shape of most landmasses (most used today). |
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Interrupted Projection |
A map that shows the correct sizes and shapes of landmasses by cutting out parts of oceans. |
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Place (FTOG) |
Physcial charecteristics: climate, soil, terrin, animal, and plant life. |
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Interaction between people and their enviroment (FTOG) |
Ways we interact with our enviroment: Change, Adapt, Hidden Costs, and Pollution. |
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Movement (FTOG) |
How people and goods get around the world (Examples: Migration-Immagration, Import- Export, and Interdependence. |
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Region (FTOG) |
A region of the world that is defined by its physical charecteristics as well as their development. |
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Location |
A position on the earth's surface. |
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