1. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE
LINES OF LATITUDE (PARALLELS)
LINES ON THE GLOBE THAT RUN EAST AND WEST BUT MEASURE DEGREES NORTH OR SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR.
WILL BE FOUND ON THE RIGHT OR LEFT-HAND SIDE OF A MAP.

2. LONGITUDE LINES OF LONGITUDE (MERIDIANS)
LINES ON A GLOBE THAT RUN NORTH AND SOUTH, BUT MEASURE DEGREES EAST OR WEST OF THE PRIME MERIDIAN
WILL BE FOUND ON ABOVE OR BELOW A MAP

3. ORDER LATITUDE ALWAYS COMES FIRST LATITUDE, LONGITUDE
EXAMPLE: 45N, 130W

4. RESOURCES NATURAL RENEWABLE VS NONRENEWABLE ENERGY- FOSSIL FUELS
HYDROELECTRIC
NUCLEAR
MINERAL

5. CULTURE
SET OF BELIEFS, VALUES AND PRACTICES THAT A GROUP OF PEOPLE HAS IN COMMON
ETHNIC GROUP- A COLLECTION OF PEOPLE WHO SHARE A COMMON CULTURE AND ANCESTRY

6. CULTURAL DIVERSITY HAVING A VARIETY OF GROUPS IN THE SAME AREA
CULTURAL DIFFUSION
THE SPREAD OF CULTURE TRAITS FROM ONE REGION TO ANOTHER
BASEBALL

7. POPULATION POPULATION DENSITY
A MEASURE OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN AN AREA
MEASURED IN PEOPLE PER SQUARE MILE
MIGRATION
MOVING FROM ONE PLACE TO LIVE IN ANOTHER

8. Structure, plan Organization, safety
Government
Structure, plan
Organization, safety

9. What would life be like without rules?
ANARCHY
Society with no laws

10. What problems could arise?

11. Democracy
*Form of government in which the people elect leaders and rule by majority
A Greek idea
Means “rule by the people”
“demos” means people
Direct Democracy
Representative Democracy

12. Monarchy Ruled by the head of a family (King’s, Queens) Some freedoms
Some freedom in economy

13. Dictatorship One individual who takes over and rules by force
Few rights
Economy controlled by the gov’t.
Use fear to stay in control

14. Communism
Political/ economic system in which the gov’t. controls and owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country
No rights
No economic freedom
Very few communist countries remain
China, Cuba, N. Korea, Vietnam

15. A system that includes all of the activities that people and businesses do to make a living.
3 main types (traditional, market, command)
Economy

16. People grow their own food and make their own goods
Traditional
People grow their own food and make their own goods

17. Market
Based on private ownership, free trade, and competition

18. Command
Government owns and controls everything
No private businesses

19. G.D.P. Gross Domestic Product
Total value of all goods and services produced in a country in a year
**how much money does the country make in a year
“per capita” = per person
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