Unit One
A social scientist who studies the land, where people live and why.
Geographer
POPULATION
The kind of government that ancient ATHENS had.
DIRECT democracy
The FACTOR of PRODUCTION that includes tools and machines
CAPITAL
Name of the horizontal line that splits the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres
EQUATOR
The geographic word for "farming area".
RURAL
The reason why some areas have a low population
Extreme climate
Mountains or deserts
Poor access to water or food
In the LIMITED government of the U.S., this protects people's rights.
The Constitution
The Bill of Rights
The FACTOR of PRODUCTION which involves all the other FACTORS, and who takes the business risks.
ENTREPRENEUR
Type of gov't that has a constitution and a king.
Constitutional Monarchy
A type of physical geography that has few people living in it because of a lack of vegetation and water
A desert
Things that make people want to LEAVE a place
PUSH factors
The effect of the gov'ts of ancient Athens and the Republic of Rome on modern democracies.
Citizens can influence government
People have the power (The actual meaning of democracy)
A natural resource that is traded internationally and that creates INTERDEPENDENCE.
OIL, GAS, MINERALS (iron ore), GRAINS (wheat, soy), TIMBER
Rule by MANY
Democracy
Republic
The beliefs, traditions, and way of life of a group of people
Culture
How people affect the environment and how the environment affects people
HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
What is one kind of an UNLIMITED government?
Dictatorship
The 3 ECONOMIC INDICATORS that we studied
GDP per capita
Literacy
Life Expectancy
Basic freedoms and protections that ALL people should have
HUMAN RIGHTS
A part of the world with COMMON features (like language)
REGION
What the geographic theme of PLACE includes
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY (mountains, rivers, deserts, etc.)
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY (culture, buildings, cities, etc)
The kind of government that is run by a few powerful people
Oligarchy
The names of the FOUR kinds of economies that we studied (Hint: TCMM)
Traditional (customs and traditions)
Command (gov't has total control)
Market (businesses and individuals)
Mixed (businesses and government)
A gov't decision (not a rule) or plan of action
POLICY