7416004800 | Geography | The study of people, their environment, and their resources | 0 | |
7416006398 | Specific location | Uses longitude and latitude. | 1 | |
7416008444 | Longitude | Runs north and south. They also tell us time. | 2 | |
7416022560 | Relative | Location in relation to something | 3 | |
7416012168 | Latitude | The lines run east and west. It also tells us climate. | 4 | |
7416023461 | Movement | The transfer of goods, people, and ideas from one area to another. | 5 | |
7416030593 | Migration | The movement of people from one place to the other. | 6 | |
7416032179 | Diffusion | Is the spread of ideas. | 7 | |
7416033013 | Import | Receiving goods | 8 | |
7416033743 | Export | Sending out goods | 9 | |
7416037347 | Topography | The physical features of an area. | 10 | |
7416044580 | Culture | All elements that make up a people's way of life. | 11 | |
7416047289 | Political System | Governments that provide organization, leadership, and laws. | 12 | |
7416053703 | Democracy | Government by the people | 13 | |
7416054538 | Dictatorship | Government by one person | 14 | |
7416055815 | Economic System | How people get what they need to survive. | 15 | |
7416056429 | Traditional | People produce most of what they need to survive. | 16 | |
7416057273 | Capitalism | Economic system in which private owners decide what is produced. | 17 | |
7416060693 | Education | How cultures teach it's history and beliefs. | 18 | |
7416064504 | Oral Tradition | By telling stories or through word and mouth | 19 | |
7416066244 | Griot | An African storyteller | 20 | |
7416066978 | Language | Writing allowed histories to be passed down | 21 | |
7416068506 | Religion | They are beliefs that explain the unexplainable. It also gives meaning and purpose to life. | 22 | |
7416073543 | Polytheistic | The belief in more then one God | 23 | |
7416075077 | Monotheistic | The belief in one God | 24 | |
7416076286 | Social Organizations | Groups formed in order to live and work together | 25 | |
7416077460 | Family | The most important social unit. | 26 | |
7416083826 | Nuclear Family unit | Mom, Dad, and kids | 27 | |
7416084842 | Extended Family unit | Mom, Dad, grandparents, cousins, kids, etc. | 28 | |
7416089175 | Ideas | Customs and traditions specific to a culture. | 29 | |
7416096786 | New Technology | Cause for Cultural change | 30 | |
7416098963 | Changing Environment | Cause for Cultural change | 31 | |
7416098964 | New Ideas | Cause for Cultural change | 32 | |
7416099642 | Cultural Diffusion | Cause for Cultural change | 33 | |
7416100113 | Racism | The belief one racial group is superior to another. | 34 | |
7416103577 | Ethnocentricism | Judging other cultures by standards of your own. | 35 | |
7416112466 | Omnivores | A reason why early man was successful | 36 | |
7416119099 | Allowed humans to live in different climates and settings | Why being an omnivore was a reason why early man was successful | 37 | |
7416124912 | Development of speech and knowledge | A reason why early man was successful | 38 | |
7416125236 | Having thumbs/hands | A reason why early man was successful | 39 | |
7416125804 | Ability to develop technology | A reason why early man was successful | 40 | |
7416126739 | Having a high reproduction rate | A reason why early man was successful | 41 | |
7416127352 | Hunted and gathered (Nomadic) | A characteristic of the Paleolithic Man | 42 | |
7416129902 | Developed fire (Were able to move to colder climates) | A characteristic of the Paleolithic Man | 43 | |
7416132478 | Made tools of stone and wood | A characteristic of the Paleolithic Man | 44 | |
7416134198 | Lived in groups of around 40 | A characteristic of the Paleolithic Man | 45 | |
7416134992 | Developed speech and religion | A characteristic of the Paleolithic Man | 46 | |
7416136952 | Men and Women were equal because they shared gathering and food together | A characteristic of the Paleolithic Man | 47 | |
7416139163 | Cave Paintings (Used to express themselves | A characteristic of the Paleolithic Man | 48 | |
7416141342 | Population growth | The greatest achievement of the Old Stone Age | 49 | |
7416143483 | End of Ice Age | Loss of big animals to hunt which resulted in the Neolithic Age. | 50 | |
7416148972 | First Farmers | Characteristic of the Neolithic Age | 51 | |
7416150696 | Domestication | To tame for one's own use | 52 | |
7416151776 | Middle East | Fertile Cresent | 53 | |
7416153667 | What developed in the Middle East? | Domestication | 54 | |
7416156744 | What did they grow? | Barley and wheat | 55 | |
7416157446 | What did they raise? | Pigs, goats, sheep, and cattle | 56 | |
7416160522 | What did domestication result in? | Permanent housing | 57 |
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