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Prime Meridian
0* longitude, opposite side is the international date line
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Latitude
Fatitude- across
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5 Themes
- 1. Human - environment interaction
- 2. Movement
- 3. Region
- 4. Location
- 5. Place
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Map distortion
At the edges of the map
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Polytheism
Belief in many gods
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Monotheism
Belief in one god
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Hinduism
Polytheistic, 3rd largest, holy book- Vedas, ganges
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Judaism
Torah, monotheistic
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Islam
Religion of pakistan, koran, monotheistic
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Shintoism
Japanese main relgion- involves worshiping ancestors
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Confuciusism
A philosophy by a man named confusious in 500 bc China
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Western Wall
Holy wall for the Jews to write notes and pray
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Dome of the Rock
Holy site for Islam, Muhammad rose and got the Koran
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What do cities in Asia provide
Jobs
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Separates India from the rest of Asia
Himilayan Mountains
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How most people make a living in south asia
farming
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Conflict of Kashmir
India, Pakistan have developed nuclear wepons to threaten and to deter, gain the territory of Kashmir
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Monsoon
seasonal winds with heavy rains
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Population density
Population/sq. Mi
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population growth of china
5x that of the US
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Taiwan vs. China conflict
comunists vs non-comunists. Taiwan spends 1/4 of budget on defense
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Mao Zedong
founding father of communism
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Global Economy
Countries depend on other countries for goods and services
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Taliban
Afghan ruling group until 2001
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Al-Jezeera
Islam news network
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Saddam Hussein
Former leader of Iraq and was hung for killg kurds
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Osama Bin Laden
Dead, responsible for 9/11 and was the leader of Al-Queda
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OPEC
organization of pertroleum exporting countries- set oil prices
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Physical geography of Africa
Plateau, 1000 ft above sea level
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Basins of Africa
5 basins, depressions in the plateau- Congo, Djouf, Chad, Sudan, Kalahari
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Conplex River system in Africa
Congo
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Mt. Kilimanjaro
highest mountain, volcanoe in Africa 19,000 ft
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Mt. Kenya
Second largest mountain, volcanoe in Africa 17,000 ft
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#1 killer of all Africans
AIDs
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Nelson Mandela
Ended a partheide in south Africa afer 27 years in prison
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