world geography 2
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- buddhism
- a religion that originated in India about 500 BC and spread to China, where it grew into a major religion by AD 400
- caste system
- the Aryan system of social classes in India an done of the cornerstones of Hinduism in which each person is born into a caste and can only move into a different caste through reincarnation
- confucianism
- a movement based on the teachings of Confucius, a Chinese philosopher who lived about 500 BC; Confucius stressed the importance of education in an ordered society in which one respects ones elders and obeys the government
- Hinduism
- dominant religion of India. belief in reincarnation and a supreme being of many forms and natures
- Islam:
- A Monotheistic religion based on the teachings of the prophet Muhammad, and the biggest cultural and religious influence in North Africa.
- Mao Zedong
- the leader of the communists in China who defeated the nationalists in 1949, died in 1976
- Recession
- an extended period of decline in general business activity
- Stateless Nation
- A nation of people that does not have a territory to legally occupy, like the Palestinians, Kurds, and Basques
- sweatshop
- a workplace where people work long hours for low wages under poor conditions to enrich manufacturers
- Taoism
- a philosophy based on the book Tao Te Ching and the teachings of Lao-Tzu, who lived in China in the 6th century BC and believed in preserving and restoring harmony in the individual, with nature and in te universe with little interference from the government
- theocracy
- A form of government in which religious leaders control the government, relying on religious law and consultation with religious scholars
- acculturation
- The modification of the culture of a group or individual as a result of contact with a different culture
- animism
- The belief in the existence of individual spirits that inhabit natural objects and phenomena
- apartheid
- An official policy of racial segregation formerly practiced in the Republic of South Africa, involving political, legal, and economic discrimination against nonwhites
- birthrate
- The ratio of total live births to total population in a specified community or area over a specified period of time
- communism
- A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single, often authoritarian party holds power, claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people.
- deforestation
- To cut down and clear away the trees or forests from
- democracy
- Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives
- dialect
- variation of a language
- dictatorship
- power of government is held in one person with no checks or laws
- immigrant
- A person who leaves one country to settle permanently in another
- judaism
- The monotheistic religion of the Jews
- kashmir
- a region of northern India and Pakistan over which several destructive wars have been fought
- migration
- To move from one country or region and settle in another
- monarchy
- government with power in a monarch (king or queen). One who reigns over a state or territory, usually for life and by hereditary right. usually believe they are appointed by God
- mortality rate
- The ratio of total deaths to total population in a specified community or area over a specified period of time
- pandemic
- Epidemic over a wide geographic area and affecting a large proportion of the population
- urbanization
- the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban
- rai
- A form of popular Algerian music combining traditional Arabic vocal styles with various elements of popular Western music and featuring outspoken, often controversial lyrics
- yurt
- A circular, domed, portable tent used by nomadic peoples of central Asia
- Yasser Arafat
- leader of the PLO..died this year of an unknown cause, very controversial leader, called father of terrorism, palestinian president, engineer, whole life dedicated to the palestinian cause
- polygamy
- The condition or practice of having more than one spouse at one time
- equator
- divides earth into even halves (north and south hemisphere) perpindicular to prime meridian
- longitude
- parallel to prime meridian... measures east and west (right to left)
- latitude
- parallel to equator... measures north and south (up and down)
- nation-state
- A political unit consisting of an autonomous state inhabited predominantly by a people sharing a common culture, history, and language
- ethnic group
- people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture
- Gandhi
- practiced non-violent protests, lawyer...assasinated by a Hindu
- AIDS
- acquired immune deficiency syndrome...only can get it with HIV
- 5 pillars of Islam
- pilgrammage, fiaht, fasting, prayer, charity...its how Muslim's live their lives
- Dali Llama
- Tibet, Buddhist
- 5 themes of geography
- location, place, movement, region, human enivronment interaction
- Kung Fu Tzu
- founder of confucious
- absolute location
- exact place on earth
- Gross National Product
- values of all goods produced by a country
- comand economy
- government decides what to make
- Nelson Mandela
- ended apartheid in S Africa, 1st black pres
- economic system
- ppl produce and exchange goods
- economy
- production and exchange among ppl