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8591903605International date lineOpposite side of the globe from prime meridian is 180 longitude0
8591903606Heartland TheoryHypothesis proposed by Hal ford mackinder that held any political power based in the heart of Eurasia could gain enough strength to eventually dominate the world1
8591903607Environmental determinismThe view that the natural environment has a controlling influence over various aspects of human life including cultural development2
8591903608Population pyramidVisual representations of the age and sex composition of a population whereby the percentage of each age group is represented by a horizontal bar the length of which represents its relationship to the total population3
8591903609IsoglossA geographic boundary within a particular linguistic feature occurs4
8591903610TechnopoleCenters or nodes of high technology research and activity around which a high technology corridor is sometimes established5
8591903611Language familyGroups of languages with a shared but fairly distant orgin6
8591903612Transnational corporationCompanies that conduct business on a global scale and have a weekend state sovereignty7
8591903613CensusPeriodic and official count of a country's population8
8591903614Geographic information system (GIS)Collection of computer hardware and software that permits spatial data to be collected,recorded , retrieved and displayed to user9
8591903615More Developed Country (MDC)A country that has progressed relatively far along a continuum of development.10
8591903616outsourcingReference to production, to turn over in part or in total to a third party11
8591903617TextileA fabric made by weaving, used in making clothing12
8591903618Pidgin languageWhen parts of two or more languages are combined in a simplified vocabulary13
8591903619Pastoral nomadismA form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domesticated animals.14

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