A map that shows mountains, rivers, oceans, etc…..

Physical Map

Map that shows borders, capitals, etc….

Political Map

Measures distance north or south of the Equator

Latitude

Measures distance east and west of the Prime Meridian

Longitude

Mutual dependence of countries on goods, resources, and knowledge from other parts of the world

Interdependence

Give an example of absolute location

Give an example of a relative location

Movement of customs or ideas from one place to another

Diffusion

Total value of goods and services produced by a nation in one year

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Belief in many gods

Polytheistic

Mother is head of the household

Matriarchal

Economy where supply and demand is key. There is no government regulations or help.

Market Economy

Economy where the government controls what is produced and the costs.

Command Economy

People moving from rural areas to the city

Urbanization

Aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, nieces, etc….

Extended Family

Judging other cultures (races) by the standards of one’s own culture (race.)

Ethnocentrism

Form of government in which the people vote and have supreme power

Democracy

Piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides

Peninsula

King is chosen by God

Divine Right

God-less society

Secular

Small groups

Sects

Government supplies a wide variety of programs

Welfare State/Socialism

India (Hindu) Social Organization

Caste System

Members so low they are not part of the Caste System

untouchables

Duties and obligations of Hindus

Dharma

The belief that every deed, mental or physical, determines the fate of your next life

Karma

Tradition Hindu dress.

Sari

Ritual suicide of upper caste Hindu women

Sati

Adaption of western culture

Westernization

Rate of which babies do not survive

Infant mortality rate

Chain of Islands

Archipelago

Line of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean

Ring of Fire

Eastern religion with no gods

Buddhism

Buddha illustrates the problem with desire in the ……

Four Noble Truths