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 five themes of geography | five big ideas that help us understand geography |
| movement | this theme explains how and why people, goods, and ideas move |
| Human/Environment Interaction | ways in which people use, adapt or modify the earth |
| migration | the movement of people to a new place |
| push factors | things that tend to push people out of a place |
| pull factors | things that pull people to a new area |
| immigrate | to move to a new country |
| slavery | a system that forced people to work and treated enslaved people as property |
| Adapting to a Natural Environment | when people make changes in order to fit their enviroment |
| region | an area with one or more common characteristics or features |
| culture | the way of life of a group of people |
| Core Democratic Values | beliefs and ideas that we share as americans |
| diversity | a core democratic value that means we value differences in people |
| Underground Railroad | a secret group of routes, safe places and people that helped enslaved people to escape to freedom |
| Orphan | a child who has lost both parents |