| A | B |
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| geography | the study of people, their environment, and their resources |
| longitude | shows your location east and west |
| latitude | shows your location north and south |
| equator | zero degrees latitude |
| prime meridian | zero degress longitude |
| hemisphere | half of the globe |
| Western Hemisphere | part of the globe where we live |
| Eastern Hemisphere | part of the globe where Asia is located |
| culture | all the things that make up a peoples' way of life |
| ethnocentrism | thinking that your own race or culture is the best |
| polytheism | belief in more than one god |
| monotheism | belief in one God |
| nuclear family | Parents and their children |
| extended family | when parents, children, grandparents, and other relatives all live together |
| traditional economy | relies on subsistence farming and extended families |
| subsistance farming | growing food for your own survival |
| exports | goods a nation sends out of their country |
| imports | goods a nation buys from other countries |
| favorable balance of trade | when a exports more than it imports |
| unfavorable balance of trade (trade deficit) | when a nation imports more than in exports |
| cultural diffusion | when cultures spread ideas to each other by trade or conquest |
| interdependence | the idea that nations today depend on each other for resources |
| dictatorship | one man rule |
| republic | a government in which the people elect representatives |
| orographic lifting | when clouds drop all their rain on one side of a mountain range |
| monarchy | rule by a royal family |
| migration | the movement of people from one area to another |
| global warming | caused by pollutants this is causing the earth's temperature to rise |
| plateau | a high, flat plain |
| delta | when a river breaks off into many "fingers" at its mouth |
| irregular coastline | this is good to have because it provides many harbors |
| market economy | supply and demand decides prices; businesses are privately owned |
| command economy | the government owns the businesses and runs the economy |
| technology | the way that people apply tools, machines,and knowledge to meet their needs |
| social mobility | the ability to move up or down in class in your lifetime |
