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Ch 4 Migration

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Human Geography
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migration

Question Answer Movement that involves a short period away from home. cyclic movement Movement that involves longer periods away from home. periodic movement Movement that may never include a return home. migration A system of pastoral farming where ranchers move livestock according to the seasonal availability of pastures. transhumance Regular movement among a set number of places, with no permanent home. nomadism migration from country to country international migration migration from one part of a country to another region within the same country internal migration a person who leaves his/her country for another country emigrant a person who moves into a country from another country immigrant

Ch 2 Cultural Landscape

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Languages of Africa
culture
Languages of Oceania
Demography
Population ecology
population
Languages of Canada
Languages of the United States
Birth rate
Mortality rate
English language
Population growth
Social Issues
Words/definitions

Term Definition British Received Pronunciation (BRP) The dialect of English associated with upper-class Britons living in the London area and now considered standard in the United Kingdom. Creole or creolized language A language that results from mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people documented. Dialect A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation. Ebonic Dialect spoken by some African Americans. Extinct language A language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used. Franglais A term used by French for English words that have entered the French language Ideograms

The Earth and Its People Chapter 6 Outline

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World History
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Iron Age
Asia
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Maurya Empire
Ashoka
Vedic period
Culture of India
Buddhism
India
Hindu
South Asia

India and Southeast Asia Grand Thesis:Altogether, India and Southeast Asia and great influences of religion and trade, as well as military decrese and non violence increase. A.Foundations of Indian Civilization:Indian Civilization relied on trade, religion, and agriculture. The Indian Sub Continent:The many topogrphical zones of Indian Civilization brought rainfall, crops, and irrigation. 3 topographical zones: Mountainous, Basins, Peninsula Peninsula has 4 zones: Kerala Coast, Coromandel coast, flat area, (Island of Sri Lanka) Peninsular India has plentiful rainfall Indus Valley relied on irrigation Staple crops wheat and rice 2.The Vedic Age:After the Indo-Europeans came to India, the Caste System and a new religion was born.

music project

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Folk music
Folklore
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Folk Songs
Popular music
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AP Human Geography FOLK CULTURE VS. POPULAR CULTURE PLAY LIST PROJECT Music is one of the best ways to express traditional culture and modern culture. Music in America has shown us many cultural aspects of our heritage as Americans, historical events, and societal issues. Even music today is used to show political, economic, and social issues to Americans and it is a way to demonstrate our free speech right. The Task: You will need to create a music play list on a CD that demonstrates American folk and popular music. You may pick any songs from any decade that represent both types of culture. ( All songs must be school appropriate.) Your play list is worth 50 points of your project. The items include: At least 5 American folk songs (10 points)

Ap human geography

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religion
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Major religious groups
Traditional African religion
Missionary
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State religion
Religion in Russia
chapter 6 religion

1 Ch. 6 Religion Key Issue 1: Where are religions distributed? There are 2 types of religions: Universalizing- religions that attempt to be global and appeal to all people. Ethnic- religion that primarily appeals to one group of people living in one place. More closely tied to the physical geography of a particular region, especially with agriculture. Branch- a large fundamental division within a religion. Denomination- a division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body. Sect- a relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination. Pilgrimage- a sacred religious journey. The 3 main universalizing religions are:

Chapter 6 PP

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Name___________________________________ AP Human Geography - Chapter Six: Religion Introduction: (Page 191) 1. What questions about religion do geographers try to answer? Where and Why? 2. Why do geographers find the tensions between globalization and local diversity especially acute in religion? (Give five reasons.) People care deeply about their religion and draw their core values and beliefs from it Some religions have universal appeal and others local appeal Religious values show how people feel and the meaningful ways they alter the landscape Most (but not all) religions require strict adherence, so adopting a global religion could mean turning away from traditional local religion

Unit 1 Notes

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World History
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Iron Age
Han Dynasty
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Religion in India
Brahmin
Maurya Empire
silk road
Eastern religions
Hinduism

Foundations: c. 8000 B.C.E.?600 C.E. Major Developments Locating world history in the environment and time Environment Geography and climate: Interaction of geography and climate with the development of human society a. Five Themes of Geography ? consider these 1. Relative location ? location compared to others 2. Physical characteristics ? climate, vegetation and human characteristics 3. Human/environment interaction ? how do humans interact/alter environ a. Leads to change 4. Movement ? peoples, goods, ideas among/between groups 5. Regions ? cultural/physical characteristics in common with surrounding areas b. E. Africa first people ? 750,000 years ago started to move 1. moving in search of food

Humanities/WHAP/English Semester Exam Review

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World History
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modern art
culture
Modernism
New Imperialism
imperialism
Political economy
Modern history
Abstract expressionism
Scramble for Africa
Causality
Humanities

Name ______________________________ Humanities Spring Exam Review 2012 World History: 25 questions Periods: Why 1750-1914? Why 1914 to Present? 1750-1914 ? Nationalism, Imperialism, and Industrialization 1914 ? Present ? Global Conflict Industrial Revolution: Causes and Effects Causes ? agri rev Effects ? factories, modern warfare, bigger cities Imperialism: Causes and Effects; reactions to European imperialism in Africa and Asia; Who was where; Japanese imperialism and industrialization; Berlin Conference (1884) Established boundaries, mixed cultures, countries longed for independence. Countries imperialized ? India, Africa (all except Ethiopia and Liberia) Ottoman Empire: Success and Fall; foreign intervention Didn?t allow trade and spread of western innovations

AP Us History Chapter 12

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Data management
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Metadata
Monopoly
Native Americans in the United States
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Social Issues

Copyright ? Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. CHAPTER 12 People and Communities in the North and West, 1830?1860 LEARNING OBJECTIVES After you have studied Chapter 12 in your textbook and worked through this study guide chapter, you should be able to: 1. Discuss the characteristics of rural life in American society from 1830 to 1860. 2. Examine the interest in and the emergence of utopian communities in American society during the early nineteenth century, and discuss the ideas associated with these communities. 3. Explain the emergence of California as the population center on the West Coast in the late 1840s and early 1850s, discuss the experiences of ?the forty-niners,? and explain the integration of California into the national market economy.

Religion chart

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Buddhism
Islam
Religion in Asia
religion chart
major religions

Major World Religions and Philosophies and Their Diffusion Major Religion Origins Beliefs, Values, and Practices Divisions Pattern of Diffusion Impact on the Cultural Landscape Hinduism Indus River Valley cities of Mohenjo Daro and Harappa achieve Brahman, that there are many different different forms of Brahman karma and reincarnation going to temples, caste system monism vedas sikhism? religion in Bali spread into southeast asia before christianity and islam were created spread across much of South-East Asia, but Buddhism and Islam took over later Buddhism splintered from Hinduism Prince Siddhartha Nepal help the people around you instead of trying to appease a deity knowledge, especially self-knowledge no greed, craving, desire, hurting others, even animals

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