Unit 1- Chapters 1 and 2
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Unit 1- Chapters 1 and 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 history | a record of the past. |
| geography | the study of people, places and the environment. |
| government | the people and groups within a society that have authority to make laws, to make sure they are carried out, and to settle disagreements about them. |
| citizen | a legal member of a country. |
| economics | the study of how resources are managed in the production, exchange, and use of goods and services. |
| scarcity | a word economist use to describe the conflict between people's desire and limited resources. |
| culture | the beliefs, customs, laws, art, and ways of living that a group of people share. |
| culture trait | the food, clothing, technology, beliefs, language, and tools that people of a culture share. |
| culture region | an area of the world in which many people share similar beliefs, history, and languages. |
| interdependence | the economic, political, and social dependence of culture regions on one another. |
| continent | a landmass above water on Earth. |
| absolute location | the exact spot on Earth where a place is found. |
| latitude | a measure of distance north or south of the equator. |
| longitude | a measure of distance east or west of a line called the prime meridian. |
| relative location | the location of one place in relation to other places. |
| migrate | to move from one area in order to settle in another. |
| cartographer | a person who makes maps. |
| thematic map | a map that focuses on a specific idea or theme. |
| map projection | one of the different ways of showing the Earth's curved surface on a flat map. |
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