Unit One Vocabulary

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Unit One Vocabulary
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Region

• Region an area of Earths surface with one or
  more shared characteristic.

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Location

• Location where something is. Absolute
  location defines the exact spot on Earth.
  Relative location describes the position of a
  place in relation to another place.

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Place

• Place can be described both by its physical
  location and by its physical and human feature.

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Movement

• Movement people and ideas moving from place to
  place (p 7)

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Human Characteristics

• Human Characteristics of land changes to the
  land that were made by people

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Physical Characteristics

• Physical characteristics of land describe the
  type of land in an area

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Human-Environmental Interaction

• Human-Environmental Interaction how people and
  their surroundings affect each other (p 7)

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Hemisphere

• Hemisphere halves of the globe. The equator
  divides the globe into 2 halves northern and
  southern. The Prime Meridian and International
  Dateline divide the globe into 2 halves eastern
  and western (p 5)

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Latitude

• Latitude - imaginary lines that circle the globe
  and run east to west. Also called parallels
  because they are parallel to the equator (p 4)

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Longitude

• Longitude imaginary north-south lines that
  circle the globe and that pass through the north
  and south Poles (p 5)

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Culture

• the beliefs, customs, practices, and behaviors of
  a particular nation or group of people

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Ethnic

• a group of people who have the same language,
  culture, or religion

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Cultural Diffusion

• the spread of cultural traits from one culture to
  another

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Unitary System

• a central government makes all laws for the
  entire country.

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Confederation

• system where independent states join together and
  give limited powers to a common government

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Federal System

• system where power is divided among central,
  regional, and local governments

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Autocracy

• a form of government in which all the power is
  held by a single person

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Oligarchy

• Oligarchy government ruled by a small group of
  people

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Democracy

• a form of government in which citizens hold
  political power. VOTING

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Monarchy

• a government headed by a king or queen