Location- where something is located in a space.

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Location- where something is located in a space.
Relative Location is the places location
compared to another place.
Absolute Location is a places point on a globe
or a map. (i.e. Latitude and Longitude)
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Place-What is it like?
A place is described by both its physical and/or
human characteristics
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Region- physical features , human
characteristics, or both in common

• Possible regions
• Language regions
• Mountain regions
• Desert regions
• Cotton Belts

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Movement-when people ,goods, and ideas move from
one place to another.

• People migrate to places
• Push and pull theory- what encourages people to
  go to a place or leave one?
• (poverty, overcrowding, political oppression,
  education)

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Human Environment Interaction

• Human environment interaction occurs because
  humans depend on, adapt and modify the world
  around them.

Building Houses, planting crops and building
roads are examples of human environment
interaction
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1. Pay Taxes

• Pay for the benefits and services that citizens
  receive from the government
• (income tax, social security tax, property tax,
  medicare tax, etc.)

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2. Cast an Informed Vote

• Citizens should learn about candidates and issues
  to make informed decisions when they vote.

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3. Serve on Juries

• Serve on juries to decide court cases (jury duty)

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4. Serve in the Military

• May need to serve in defense of your country

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5. Volunteer for Activities that Promote the
Common Good

• Work to protect the environment, support
  communities, and help the underprivileged.

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6. Obey Laws

• Live within the laws

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4. Entrepreneur

• a person who assumes the risks of starting a new
  business

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4. Free Enterprise/Market Economy
-Businesses make the decisions based on supply
Demand -Higher quality of goods
services -Limited government interference -Used
in the US
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4. Primary and Secondary Industry
Primary- prepares and processes raw
materials Secondary- Creates new products out of
raw materials
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4. Limited and Unlimited Government
Limited Government Limited Power by the
citizens Unlimited Government Unlimited
Power (these two are just the basics of what you
need to know)
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4. Culture

• groups shared beliefs, customs and language

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4. Cultural Traits

• Language
• Style of Shelter
• Religion
• Food

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4. Primary Source
(primary sources are materials created by people
who lived during historical events. They include
letters, diaries, photographsetc)
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4. Secondary Source

• A textbook is an example of a secondary source

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4 . Democracy

• Democracy is a form of government that allows
  people to participate in the proposal,
  development, and creation of laws.
• Citizens cannot exercise their individual rights
  at the expense of others

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5. Three Branches of Government

• Executive (Enacts the laws)
• Legislative (Makes the laws)
• Judicial (Interprets (explains) the laws)

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Tyranny
(We limit the power of our government to prevent
this)
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6. The United States has a federal republic with
democratic traditions.
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7. Bill of Rights

• 1st 10 amendments to the constitution
• Guarantees protections of citizens rights
• Defines powers given to the states

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8. Checks and Balances

• Powers each branch has that allows them to check
  up on the other branches

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9. Declaration of Independence

• Document written by Thomas Jefferson that
  announced the colonists freedom from Great
  Britain
• We hold these truths to be self evident that all
  men are created equal..
• Opening line of the D of I

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10. George Washington

• Commander of the Army during Revolution
• Defeated the British/English Army

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During the 1770s, the colonists were upset about
all of the taxes Great Britain was placing on
them without their consent
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12. Reasons for colonization

• Many colonists fled Europe to escape punishment,
  to gain religious freedom, preserve culture, and
  to find new opportunities for a better life.

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13. Colonies Economies

• Southern Colonies- Tobacco
• New England Colonies- Shipbuilding
• Middle Colonies- Grain

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14. Native Americans

• Helped early colonists in America by teaching
  them farming skills

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• British taxed colonists on sugar and molasses
  coming into the colonies from other places
• British imposed taxes upon all paper products
  and stamped the item once the tax had been
  played.
• under the law, colonists had to provide housing,
  candles, bedding, and beverages to British
  soldiers stationed in the colonies.

Sugar Act
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Stamp Act
Quartering Act
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Citizens under 18

• Fulfill a part of their civic duties by attending
  school

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Geographer

• Studies how location influences the way people
  live

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All societies have

• Government
• Religion
• Family
• Economic System
• Language

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Lack of oil in US

• We trade with oil producing countries of our
  shortage of oil

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Mechanization

• Reason why there are fewer farms and farmers now
  in the US

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Economist

• Studies the production and exchange of goods and
  services

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Traditional Societies

• Closely linked to the natural environment