History Exam Vocab-Chapter 1
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- Geography
- the study of where people, places and things are located
- Location
- its position on the earths surface
- latitude
- distance north or south of the equator
- longitude
- distance east or west of the prime meridian
- export
- goods sent to markets outside of a country
- import
- goods brought into a country
- interdependence
- the dependence of countries on goods, resources, and knowledge from other parts of the world
- map projection
- ways of showing the curved earth on a flat surface
- topography
- the physical features of a place or region
- vegetation
- the plant life of a place or region
- mountain
- high, steep, rugged land that rises above the surrounding land
- elevation
- the height above sea level
- hill
- areas of raised land, but they are lower and less steep than mountains
- plain
- large areas of fairly level or gently rolling land
- plateau
- large areas of high, flat, or gently rolling land
- climate
- the average weather a place has over a period of 20 to 30 years
- culture
- all the things that make up a persons entire life
- nuclear family
- a family that includes a husband, wife, and their children
- extended family
- several generations living in one household
- monotheism
- the worship of one god
- polytheism
- the worship of many gods
- republic
- the people chose leaders who represent them
- dictatorship
- a ruler or group holds power by force
- technology
- the skills and tools people use
- diffusion
- the movement of customs or ideas from one place to another
- subculture
- a group of people whithin a society who share certain beliefs, values, and customs
- Ethnocentrism
- the judgment of other cultures by the standards of their own culture
- Racism
- the belief that one racial group is superior to another
- democracy
- the people have supreme power