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What are the main two lines of latitude and longitude?
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Equator and Prime Meridian
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Briefly describe the theory of Pangaea and what proof Alfred Wegener uses to support his theory.
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Pangaea is the theory that the continents were all one super-continent that drifted apart over time. Wegener uses fossils to help support his theory.
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What are the two most important factors of chemical weathering, and what are three causes of acid rain?
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The most important factors are water and carbon dioxide, and the three causes of acid rain are industrial pollution, acid-producing agents from the ocean, and volcanic activity.
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Define population density.
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The average number of people in a square mile or kilometer.
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Describe the rain shadow effect.
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Moisture in the air is dropped on the side of the mountain that faces the ocean, and the other side is dry and hot.
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Define diffusion.
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Diffusion � changes are due to outside influences
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Define acculturation.
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Acculturation � changes develop from adapted traits
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Define communism.
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Businesses are owned by the state � all decisions about what to make, what to charge, etc are made by the state (gov�t)
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Define and list examples of renewable sources of energy
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Renewable source - natural resources that the environment continues to supply or replaces as its used. Examples: Soil, plants, the sun
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How is per capita GNP determined?
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It is found by dividing the total value of goods and services produced in a year by the country�s population.
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Define subsistence farming.
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Farming that provides only enough for the needs of a family or a village.
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The US uses more fossil fuels than it can produce. Is this true of the rest of the industrialized world?
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Yes
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What is most of the land used for in the US? Canada?
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US-Commercial farming, Canada-Hunting and Gathering
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In what region of economic activities do most Canadians live?
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Where commercial farming takes place.
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If Chicago is the nation�s leading agricultural market, what is its hinterland?
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The United States
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