5 Themes of Geography
How people / goods / information and ideas are moved from place to place
Movement
The type of government where the citizen has little to no rights. A supreme leader, usually called a Dictator, makes all the decisions.
Autocracy
An economy in which all economic decisions are based on customs, beliefs, and history is known as?
Traditional Economy
Founder of Islam
Mohammad
M. East country that relies on desalination the most
Saudi Arabia
How people interact (how they depend / how they modify or change / how they adapt) with their environment
Human Environmental Interaction
A TYPE OF DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT WHERE THE POWER BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH IS SEPARATE.
Presidential Democracy
An economy in which the government controls all economic decisions
Command Economy
Holy book of Judaism
Torah
The freshwater river THAT WE STUDIED that you run into first, in the middle east, moving from West to East on the map of the Middle East (be careful here...)
Jordan River
Answers the question “What’s it like there?”
Place
The type of government where the power lies with the people, and this power is exercised through voting.
Democracy
An economic system in which production and prices are determined by unrestricted competition between privately owned businesses
Market Economy
Country in which Islam was "born" / founded
Saudi Arabia
The country where both the Euphrates and the Tigris rivers begin
Turkey
The division of Earth’s land into sections based on certain traits (for example Climate / Location / Languages & Culture / Landforms)
Region
The type of government that is controlled by a small, select, group of people. Citizens have very limited rights in this government.
Oligarchy
An economy that is a combination of elements of a command economy and a market economy
Mixed Economy
World religion founded in the year 610 CE
Islam
What is causing water pollution in SW Asia? (3 main things we discussed)
Chemical fertilizers (agricultural runoff) / Industrial Waste / Human waste (sewage & garbage)
This theme describes EXACTLY where a place on Earth is located (need to be SPECIFIC)
Absolute Location
A TYPE OF DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT WHERE THE POWER BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH IS SHARED.
Parliamentary Democracy
When a nation or individual concentrates its productive efforts on producing a limited variety of goods.
Specialization
In what modern-day country was Judaism founded?
Iraq
Farming where only enough is produced to feed one's family
Subsistence Farming