Chapter 28 Notes
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Wellness Midterm Review
WELLNESS MIDTERM REVIEW: CHAPTERS 1-8 Leading cause of death due to chronic diseases (which are mostly lifestyle related): -heart disease -cancer -stroke -chronic respiratory disease Although we spend more than twice as much on health care, the U.S.?s life expectancy ranks twenty-ninth in the world (191 countries) and an average of 69.3 years of healthy life expectancy. We are not as healthy as we should be because (1) some groups have extremely poor health, (2) the HIV epidemic, (3) one of the leading countries for cancers, (4) high incident of coronary heart disease, and (5) a fairly high level of violence. Heredity, social circumstances, environmental conditions, medical care, and lifestyle behaviors determine longevity (and quality of life). -Examples include:
Significant figures
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Noah Spiner 8/25/10 Chemistry p.2 Notes Rules for counting significant figures All non-zero digits are significant. Ex ? 12.83 (4) 16935 (5) Zeros between other significant figures are significant. Ex ? 12,038 (5) 169.04 (5) Zeros to the right of a decimal point and to the right of a number are significant. Ex ? 169.00 (5) A zero standing alone to the left of a decimal point is not significant. Ex ? 0.421 (3) Zeros to the right of the decimal and to the left of a number are not significant. Ex ? 0.000421(3)
Introduction to Human Geography Notes
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Noah Spiner 8/25/10 AP HUG p.6 Notes 8/25/10 Human Geography ? studies the spatial aspects of human existence and how people and their activities are distributed across Earth. 5 themes of geography location ? absolute location (latitude and longitude), relative location (in relation to another place) place ? human and physical features region ? region united by similar physical conditions united by common cultural traits movement ? travel from place to place, exchange of goods and places interaction ? people adapt to the environment, people change the environment. Geographic inquiry ? the why of where? Globalization ? the increasing interconnectedness of different parts of the world economically, politically, and culturally.
glossary
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alphabetical with page numb Glossary 2 203 abbasid Caliphate Descendants of the Prophet Muhammad?s uncle, al-Abbas, the Abbasids overthrew the Umayyad Caliphate and ruled an Islamic empire from their capital in Baghdad (founded 762) from 750 to 1258. (p. 203) 610 abolitionists Men and women who agitated for a complete end to slavery. Abolitionist pressure ended the British transatlantic slave trade in 1808 and slavery in British colonies in 1834. In the United States the activities of abolitionists were one factor leading to the Civil War (1861?1865). (p. 610) 614 acculturation The adoption of the language, customs, values, and behaviors of host nations by immigrants. (p. 614)
Earth and its people definitions
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alphabetical with page numb Glossary 2 203 abbasid Caliphate Descendants of the Prophet Muhammad?s uncle, al-Abbas, the Abbasids overthrew the Umayyad Caliphate and ruled an Islamic empire from their capital in Baghdad (founded 762) from 750 to 1258. (p. 203) 610 abolitionists Men and women who agitated for a complete end to slavery. Abolitionist pressure ended the British transatlantic slave trade in 1808 and slavery in British colonies in 1834. In the United States the activities of abolitionists were one factor leading to the Civil War (1861?1865). (p. 610) 614 acculturation The adoption of the language, customs, values, and behaviors of host nations by immigrants. (p. 614)
Moving to west
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Test #5 (missing 235-259) The Frontier Lures Settlers American Mission ? 1840s begin to move westward and southward ?the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions,? John L. O?Sullivan Manifest destiny ? express their belief that the US? destiny was to expand to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican territory. Attitudes Toward the Frontier ? Attraction: Abundance of land in West. Harbors in Oregon Territory to help expand trade Had personal economic problems (Panic of 1837) Settlers and Native Americans ? Some Native Americans try to maintain traditions on new lands, some fought the whites off land, some advanced with the white culture
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