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longitude is east west and latitude is north south3) Identify the following types of government:a) Limited Government has limited amount of power everyone as limited power b) Monarchy a form of governmentc) Representative democracy a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of peopled) Communism 4) Identify the 5 themes of geography and how they are determined (this includes the types of each theme):a) Movement: how and why people travel from one place to anotherb) Region: the earth’s surface that has unifying characteristics such as climate or industry.c) Human-Environment Interaction: the way humans interact positively and negatively with their environments. d) Location: defined according to its latitude and longitudee) Place: the characteristics that distinguish one place from another place on Earthi) Human Characteristics: people, languages, communication, and transportation.ii) Physical Characteristics: landforms, waterways,5) Define the following: a) Prime Meridian: reference line from which longitude east and west is measuredb) Mountains: c) Equator: imaginary line around the earth dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheresd) Latitude: north and southe) Longitude: east and westf) Ethnicity: the fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural traditiong) Culture: cushions arts and achievements in a particular nation, people, or other h) Dialect: form of a language that is specific to a regioni) Hydrosphere: all the waters on the earth’s surface,j) Religion: the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or godsk) Atmosphere: gasses surrounding the earthl) Clear Cutting: removing every tree from a location m) NAFTA: (What is it and who is part of it?) North America Free Trade Agreement, Canada and the U.Sn) Appalachian Mountainso) Diffusion, spreading something more widely p) Permafrost; a thick layer of soil that remains frozen throughout the yearr) Latifundia a large land in ancient Rome or more recently in Spain or Latin America, typically worked by slaves.
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