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The process of spreading new knowledge from one culture to another

Any system of government in which the power and authority to rule belong to a single individual

What are the names of the five Great Lakes?

An economic system that the government supports and regulates free enterprise through decisions that affect the economy

What does the demographic transition model show?

 A very large expanse of salt water

Any system of government in which a small group holds power

The spread of using machines and other modern inventions to produce goods and services

Religion that is also a social standard - Practiced primarily in China - Heavy emphasis on thought and philosophy

3 Main Tenets: meditation upon and devotion to the Creator, truthful living, and service to humanity

The pattern of human settlement within an area

Any system of government in which leaders rule with the consent of the citizens

 A flat, elevated landform that rises sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side

 A piece of land that is completely surrounded by water

Practiced primarily in India - Oldest living religion - Believe in the doctrines of samsara and karma

 A small area in a desert that has a supply of water and is able to support vegetation

 An opening in the Earth's crust that allows molten rock from beneath the crust to reach the surface

Began in Israel with the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth - Largest religion in the world -

Native religions to certain areas in people - Most have something to do with animism

 A landscape form or region that receives very little precipitation

Individuals make decisions about what to reproduce -buyers choose what products they will or will not buy

 A landform that stretches more than 980 ft above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak

 A flat, sweeping landmass that generally does not change much in elevation

 A hill of loose sand built by aeolian processes (wind) or the flow of water

What are the names of the three river systems in Northern North America?

The technical term for a people who share a common language, history, place of origin, or combination of these

An economic system where the government directs the means of production - land, labor, capital, and business managers

 A narrow strip of land with sea on either side forming a link between two larger areas of land

This term is the name of the attempted solution to overfishing due to commercial fishing in the US and Canada

 Land along a source of fresh water (generally)

 A broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inward

This is the giant rock core that anchors the North American continent -creates a rocky terrain in southern Canada.

 A hole in the ground that forms when water dissolves surface rock

 Land along a source of salt water (generally)

 A natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake, or similar landform

 A piece of land surrounded on three sides by water

 An area of low-lying land between two hills or mountains

The shifting of human settlement with an area over a period of time

 A chain of islands

What future problem faces all regions we have studied this year in school?

What kind of economy do the United States and Canada have?

A landform that extends less than 980 feet above the surrounding terrain without a massive summit

 An area of land that is heavily filled with trees

 A ridge of rock in the sea formed by a hard stony substance created by the skeletons of tiny, dead creatures

What is the name of the line at 0 degrees latitude?

 A deep inlet of the sea almost surrounded by land, with a narrow mouth

Any system of government in which the power and authority to rule belong to a single individual

Habit and custom determine the rules for all economic activity - individuals are not free to make decisions

The pattern of human settlement within an area

The removal of trade barriers so that goods can flow freely among countries

One of the oldest religions - Founded by Siddhartha Gautama who had reached enlightenment on Earth

 A body of water completely surrounded by land with few or no outlets

 A deep, narrow valley with steep sides

 A slow-moving mass of ice on the Earth's surface

What are the three major mountain ranges in the US and Canada?

Oldest monotheistic religion in the world - Main population lives in Israel

 An area of land that is either permanently or seasonally flooded with water

 A landform that forms from deposition of sediment carried by a river as the flow leaves its mouth and enters slower

What is the name of the line at 0 degrees longitude?

One of the youngest religions in the world - Began when a prophet named Muhammed was visited