What is geography?
Study of physical features in the world & locations.
Who answers the economic questions in a traditional economy?
It's based on traditional customs and values passed down from generation to generation.
Who created Communism?
Karl Marx
Name the 3 types of maps?
Mercator, Mollwiede, & Robinson
Why is the Cuban Missile Crisis Significant?
It is the closest a world war has gotten to becoming a nuclear war, a lot of tension, & learning about negotiation .
What is Movement ?
Tells you how people, things, and ideas travel from one location to another.
In a Command economy who makes the decisions?
The government
True or false? In an Anarchy the government controls everything!
False
True or False? Maps are not very distorted?
False
What is acid rain?
Rain polluted by air pollution that has been released into the atmosphere from factories and other industrial processes. Acid rain is harmful to the environment.
What are the 2 different types of Place when used in MRHELP
Human Characteristics & Physical Characteristics
Mixed economies are both __________&___________ economies?
Command & Market economies
What are the the 7 types of government?
Anarchy, Autocracy, Communism, Representative Democracy, Direct Democracy, Oligarchy, & Theocracy
Explain what map distortion is?
Its appearance or sound is changed so that it seems unclear.
What are the major environmental concerns of Latin America?
Mexico City, Mexico- air pollution, Brazil Deforestation, & Venezuela- Oil Spill
What does GPERSIA stand for ?
Geography, Politics, Economics, Religion, Social, Intellectual/Innovation, & Aesthetic
Name the 3 economic systems?
Traditional, Market, Command
Identify some basic functions of government?
Protect people, make laws, collect taxes.
What are cons of globes?
Not good for navigation, cannot see the whole world at one time.
How did the Aztecs treat Cortes and his men when they first arrived?
They were treated like gods & the Aztecs welcomed them.
What does MRHELP stand for ?
Movement, Region, Human Environment Interaction, Location, & Place
What are the three basic economic questions?
For whom to produce, How to produce, and What to produce.
What is government?
The organization is set up by people to create laws, provide order, and offer protection for people.
What map has 90 degree angles, no curves, & distortion obvious?
A Mercator map
What causes led to the downfall of the Inca?
Their leader was killed even after he offered silver & gold, disease, technology, & war