Mid-term finals-Geography

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Absolute monarchy Agricultural revolution

a king or queen has unlimited power Happened 10,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent involved wheat and barley. 9,000 years ago in China involved Rice. 6,000 years ago in Mexico involved Corn. 6,000 years ago in Andes mountains of Peru involved potatoes The study of human beings and their cultural activities Physical evidence from bones, pottery, tools that enable them to study how people lived in the distant past Graphs that use bars or wide lines to compare data visually are called bar graphs An area of land drained by a given river and its branches; area of land surrounded by lands of higher elevations Emerged in India about 2,500 years ago A deep and narrow valley with steep walls Emerged 2,000 years ago in Israel, at the time of the Roman empire. The religion was based on the teachings of Jesus. After 300 years it had spread widely throughout Roman Empire WHEN: Starting in the 1960s leaping forward in the 1990s. WHERE: Silicon Valley in North California but quickly spread worldwide. WHAT WAS INVOLVED: Computers, tablets, internet. Expands globalization

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system of philosophical and ethical teachings founded by Confucius and developed by Mencius elected legislatures hold most of the power It has contour linesone line for each major level of elevation. All the land at the same elevation is connected by a line. These lines usually form circles or ovalsone inside the other Spreading from one culture to another with such things as ideas, languages, customs, literature, arts, clothing etc. This happens through trade, war, and conquest and migration. Example: About a 1,000 years ago, Muslim merchants from Arabia brought Islam to West Africa. About 1,800 years ago, Buddhist merchants from India brought Buddhism to China Christmas Palm Sunday Good Friday Easter Ash Wednesday An area that could include several geographic regions (North Africa and West Asia) but have a strong cultural connection with the religion Islam A flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth A system of government in which ordinary citizens elect politicians to represent them at national and local level A variation on a specific language that is usually spoken in a particular region of the country and includes unique vocabulary a system of government in which there is NO ability for ordinary citizens to participate in the political process A system in which ordinary citizens by their votes actually make the decisions about running the country. This system was created 2,500 years ago Ancient Athens, but it only lasted for about 150 years. The one example of direct democracy here is the US is the system of Propositions on a ballot form Beowulf

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Constitutional monarchy Contour map

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Archaeology

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Basin

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Delta

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Buddhism Canyon Christianity

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Dictatorship

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Early piece of Old English writing

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English brought to America English emerged in England Ethnocentrism Five major religions Four spheres

English was brought to America in 1607 by the pilgrims. The pilgrims landed in Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts. The pilgrims had a distinct east Anglian accent 449 A.D.

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Judaism

Emerged about 3,000 years ago in Israel when the ancient Hebrews people created a Monotheistic religion to separate themselves from other polytheistic. is a group of languages related by descent from a common ancestor, called the proto-language of that family shows small land area with a great amount of detail Shows changes over periods of time Is when the Earth's surface is flattened on a flat piece of paper. Problems with the location or size of the continents occur Mariana Trench is in the western pacific ocean and is the deepest trench in the world. It is 36,198 deep. Continental shelf is just off the coast and is shallower water for a few miles, then drops off into the deep ocean One of many lines on the global grid running from the North Pole to the South Pole; used to measure degrees of longitude Broad, flat-topped landform with steep sides; smaller than a plateau Belief in one god place where a stream or river flows into a larger body of water A body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water Calls out landforms and water features. The map key explains what each color and symbol stands for A graph that clearly shows percentages Plate tectonics form the continents. Most volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur in the Ring of Fire which runs along the pacific ocean

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Language family Large scale map Line graph Map projection Mariana trench and a continental shelf Meridian

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The belief that one's own culture is superior to others Christianity 46%, Judaism .4%, Islam 28%, Hinduism 18%, Buddhism 8%= about 99.6% Biosphere (living organisms on planet), Atmosphere (air), Lithosphere (land, crust, continents), Hydrosphere (water) Evaporation (water is sucked up into the sky): condensation (water gathers in the clouds); precipitation (water falls to the earth (rain)) ; collection (water goes into the earth or in another body of water, then starts the cycle again) A trend that is linking the world's nations through trade Part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally larger and more deeply indented than a bay Emerged in India. The older of the world's major religions dating back 3,500 years ago. WHEN: Middle of the 18th century A.D. WHERE: England. Spread from Britain to USA beginning in the town of Lowell, Massachusetts also spread to countries of West Europe. Both poorer countries of Africa, Asia + Latin America did not become industrialized until the 20th century. WHAT WAS INVOLVED: Creation of factories with large machines that can produce goods quickly, efficiently and in huge numbers. Factories could employ hundreds, even thousands, of people. IT involved large scale movements of people from countryside to cities in a process called URBALIZATION. First time that women worked in large numbers outside their homes. Also caused massive pollution, harming the environment. Official start date 622 A.D. Based on the teachings of Muhammad. Within 300 years Islam had spread widely trough Asia and North Africa. A narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas

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Four stages of water cycle

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Globalization Gulf

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Mesa Monotheism Mouth (of a river( Peninsula Physical map Pie graph Plate tectonics, earthquakes and volcanos occur most oftenPlateau Political map Polytheism Rain shadow created Relief

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Hinduism

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Industrial revolution

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An area of level land, usually at low elevation and often covered with grasses Shows the names and political boundaries of countries, along with human-made features such as cities or transportation routes Belief in more than one god Blocks rain from reaching interior regions. Leewardair passing over the mountain peaks to the other side, becomes cool and dry. Moist side on the mountain is the windward side Changes in elevation over a given area of land

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Solstice & equinox and 23 1/2 degrees

On June 21st, the North Pole is tilted toward the sun. In the Northern Hemishpere, this day is the summer solsticethe day with the most hours of sunlight. In the Southern Hemisphere, that same day is the day with the fewest hours of sunlight and marks the beginning of winter. On December 22nd, the North Pole is tilted away from the son marking the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. It is opposite in the Southern Hemisphere. An Equinox is when day and night are of identical, or equal, length in both hemispheres. 23 is important because the earth's tilt creates an angle and that angle is 23 degrees. The equinoxes occur in the fall and spring A narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two large areas of water Chinese philosophy based on the writings of Lao-tzu, advocating humility and religious pity Two things a thematic and special purpose map show natural resources and population density to name a few A small river that flows into a larger river Following an agreement between the Vikings and the Saxons most of the north of Egland was influenced by the Viking language (Norse)

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Strait Taoism Thematic map Tributary Viking language influence on English Which other invader created a threat to English speakers Who originally spoke English Who was in England before these people & what language did they speak

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Vikings in 793 A.D.

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The Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Friggens. They came from Denmark, Holland and Germany

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The Celts and they spoke Welsh