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Rubenstien Ch 3 Reading Guide

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Human Geography
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Demography
population
human migration
Human Geography
Demographic economics
culture
Chain migration
immigration
Illegal immigration
Bird migration
International migration
Brain drain
Social Issues

Migration: Key Issue 1 Why Do People Migrate? Rubenstein, pp. 78-85 On page 78, list the three things geographers study regarding migration. - - - On page 79, most people migrate for three objectives, list them: - - - CASE STUDY on page 80. Identify Five key points of the case study. ? REASONS FOR MIGRATING 1. What are push factors and pull factors? 2. Complete the table below with specific examples of push and pull factors. PUSH FACTORS PULL FACTORS ECONOMIC CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTAL 3. Define: intervening obstacle 4. Briefly describe role of each of the following in examining intervening obstacles and migration: a) physical geography b) transportation c) political concerns/laws

Rubenstein Ch 1 Reading Guide

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Human Geography
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Science
Geography
anthropology
Academia
Geodesy
Earth sciences
Cartography
Region
Geographer
Human Geography
culture
Map projection

Thinking Geographically: Key Issue 1 How Do Geographers Describe Where Things Are? Rubenstein Ch. 1 pp. 1-12 1. Read the introduction on pages 2 and 3, Give a personal example of globalization and local diversity in your life. 2. Read the case study on page 4. Identify key three points from the section. 3. Define map: 4. Define scale: 5. Define cartography: ? MAPS 6. Give two purposes of maps. (a) (b) 7. Who first demonstrated that the earth was round? How? 8a. Who was the first to use the term ?geography.? 8b. List three of his contributions in geography at that time. (a) (b) (c) 9. Provide an example of developments in geography for each of the following: Chinese Muslims Age of Discovery (16th Century)

The Earth and Its Peoples Ch 1-4

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World History
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Pleistocene
Paleolithic
anthropology
Stone Age
Hunting
Technology
culture
Prehistory
sociology

Unit 1 (8000 B.C.E to 600 B.C.E) Key Concepts and IDs Unit 1, Chapters 1-4 1. Archaeological evidence indicates that during the Paleolithic era, hunting-foraging bands of humans gradually migrated from their origin in East Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas, adapting their technology and cultures to new climate regions. Within societies, artwork and tools were passed from society to society. This established culture. Culture includes living spaces, artwork, their clothing, and their values. (Page 6-7) When foraging groups were in colder climates, animal skin was used as clothing which was an advancement of the time. (Page 8)

The Earth and Its Peoples Ch 8-15

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World History
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culture
History of the Turkic peoples
Asia
Arab Empire
Caliphate
Pan-Islamism
middle ages
Crusades
empire
Muslim world
Civilization
Turkish people

Key Concepts and IDs for Unit 3 (600 C.E. ? 1450 C.E.) Chapters 8-15 The Islamic world made tremendous contributions to art, science, architecture and technology that would have a huge impact on cultural and economic developments in Asia, Africa, and Europe. The world of Islam represents peoples of different ethnicities, cultures, and languages throughout the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and parts of Europe who were unified through the religion of Islam while still maintaining regional diversity. After the fall of the Roman Empire, the western part of the empire became a decentralized feudal system while the eastern part of the empire continued under imperial rule as the Byzantine Empire.

Mythbuster Paper Number 13 Research Summary

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Biology
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Superstitions
Cultural anthropology
Triskaidekaphobia
culture
13
Friday the 13th
Thirteenth floor
Human behavior

The superstitions that I picked, is the unlucky number thirteen. The 2 methods of evaluations that I am using is research method by researching the myth and by interviewing some participants. The fear of the number 13 is known as Triskaidekaphobia (Moss). One tradition of the fear of 13 is at the table of the Last Supper. Jesus ate with his 12 apostles and the inferences were someone was going to die within the group a short time. Judas betrayed Jesus and then overcome by guilt, Judas hung himself. In the middle ages, on October 13, 1307, King Philip the IV of France ordered the arrest of Grand Master of the Knights Templar and His Senior Knights and other members. They were to admit to their wrongdoings and tortured to death.

psychology notes

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Psychology
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Obsessive–compulsive disorder
Ritual
Marc Summers
Human behavior
culture
behavior
entertainment

Summary: Marc Summers?s, ?Everything is in it?s Place?, covers his struggle to come to terms with and overcome his OCD. OCD stands for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, which is defined as a anxiety based disorder characterized by intrusive ideas and images that produce feelings of uneasiness, apprehensions which the subject cannot control or prevent. Symptoms and signs of OCD are compulsions to clean, obsessing about order, and having multiple or unusual superstitions.

CCOT Essay Packet

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World History
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Cultural studies
culture
Civilizations
anthropology
Cultural anthropology
Cultural geography
Cultural history
Sub-Saharan Africa
Early Modern period
Pre-Columbian era
Advanced Placement World History
Ancient history

Name: ___________________________________ Period: __________ Date: _____________ CHANGE AND CONTINUITY ESSAY PACKET UNDERSTANDING WORDS This essay asks students to access how larger global issues and themes such as gender, trade, technology, and environment have changed and remained the same. If any one essay will give students difficulties, it is likely that this essay will. Students will not only have to identify areas of change, but also areas of continuity across chronological periods, and will have to compare two or more chronological periods within one geographic area. Students will all have the same prompt but will be able to choose between different geographic regions to answer the question.

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English
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Holy Grail
Knights of the Round Table
film
Literature
culture
French folklore
French folklore
Lancelot
Lancelot
Lancelot
Galehaut
Camelot
Camelot
King Arthur
Le Morte d'Arthur
Lancelot and the Lord of the Distant Isles, or the "Book of Galehaut" Retold
Human Interest
behavior
Attachment theory
Ethology
Evolutionary biology
Human development
Psychoanalysis
Personal life
Universidad Empresarial de Costa Rica
Technology

Sarah Hock Professor Diller IDH 3931 31 October 2013 Resume #10

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