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absolute location |
the exact location of a place on the earth’s surface found using latitude and longitude coordinates |
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geographic characteristics |
physical and human characteristics of a region |
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human characteristics |
traits that are used to describe the peoples of places, past and present; their religion, language, settlement pattern, economic activity, political system and their modification of the environment. |
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natural resources |
the renewable and nonrenewable gifts of nature that can be used to produce goods and service, including but not limited to landform and bodies of water. |
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physical characteristics |
traits that are used to describe the natural environment of the place. Physical or natural characteristics may be related to climate, vegetation, soil, landform, and body of water |
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relative location |
a location of a place in relationship to the features around it |
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adapt |
to make suitable to a specific use or situation |
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economic wants |
human needs and desires that can be satisfied by consuming goods and services, including but limiting to such needs as hunger, thirst, protection from the elements, and good health and such desires as entertainment and a pleasing physical appearance; sometimes described as survival wants and luxury items |
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goods |
physically tangible objects that can be used to satisfy economic wants, including but not limited to food, shoes, cars, houses, books, and furniture |
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modify |
to change |
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monsoon |
seasonal wind that dominates the climate of South Asia |
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services |
physically intangible actions that can be performed to satisfy economic wants, including but not limited to medical care, dental care, haircuts, education, police protection, fire protection, and national defense |
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standard of living |
the quantity and quality of goods and services in an economy |
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Buddhism |
a world religion founded by Siddhartha Guatama (Buddha) in India in the sixth century |
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caste |
in India, system of social groups determined by birth |
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dharma |
in Hinduism, the duties and obligations of each caste |
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Hinduism |
a world religion that grew out of the Aryan myths of Ancient India |
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Islam |
a world religion founded by Muhammad in the eighth century CE on the Arabian peninsula |
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karma |
in Hinduism, the belief that every deed, mental of physical, in this life affects a person’s future fate |
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religion |
a system of beliefs and practices that a group of people uses to answer questions about life |
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human needs |
needs people within cultures have to be both healthy and happy; often divided into basic needs (shelter, food, clothing) and affective needs (personal relationships, communication) |
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civil disobedience |
refusal to obey unjust laws |
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modernization |
changes in a nation that enable it to set up a stable government and produce a high level of goods and services |
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interdependence |
the condition in which events in one part of the community, state, nation, or world or one sector of the economy affect events in another part or sector; occurs as a result of the loss of self-sufficiency which accompanies specialization and hence, the need to exchange resources, goods, and services with other producing and consuming units. |
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capital resources |
the goods that are manufactured and constructed by people and use to produce other goods and services, including, but not limited to, factories, warehouses, roads, bridges, machinery, ports, dams and tolls; also called capital goods. |
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human resources |
people doing physical or mental work |
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natural resources |
renewable and nonrenewable gifts of nature that can be used to produce goods and services, including, but not limited to, land, water, animals, minerals, trees, climate, soil, fire seeds, grain and fruit. |
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