Vocabulary
A place's absolute location is its exact place on Earth, often given in terms of latitude and longitude.
Absolute location
A language is a system of communication which consists of a set of sounds and written symbols which are used by the people of a particular country or region for talking or writing.
languge
a unique economic and political union between 27 European countries.
EU
northern Alberta and British Columbia in Canada southward to New Mexico in the United States,
Rocky Mts.
the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
lattitude
the service and worship of God or the supernatural. : belief in or devotion to religious faith or observance. : the state of a person in the religious life.
religion
Holocoust
broad expanse of flatland in North America. It is located west of the Mississippi River
Great planes
Longitude measures distance east or west of the prime meridian.
longitude
social orginazation
a system of government having the real executive power vested in a cabinet composed of members of the legislature who are individually and collectively responsible to the legislature.
Parliamentary government
Separation of powers
3 branches
Culture can be defined as all the ways of life including arts, beliefs and institutions of a population that are passed down from generation to generation.
culture
Art can be defined as the expression of creative skill in a visual form. On the other hand, Literature refers to written works regarded as having artistic merit.
arts and literature
physical geography
are a system of mountains in eastern to northeastern North America.
Appalachian Mts.
a noble or a member of the American Indian peoples of Peru maintaining an empire until the Spanish conquest.
inca
a means by which societies or governments organize and distribute available resources, services, and goods across a geographic region or country.
economic system
when a Spanish expedition headed by Christopher Columbus sailed for India to open trade but inadvertently landed in the Americas.
European contact
a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
Democracy