Unit 8 Study Guide Flashcards

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The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another.

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cultural diffusion

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An exchange of goods, ideas, culture and skills that resulted from the European colonization of the Americas.

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Columbian Exchange

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is an effect on climate in which a mountain region can cause one side to develop lush vegetation and warm, moist climate, but a dry, arid desert on the other.

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rain shadow effect

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U.S. foreign policy that warned European powers to not interfere in the affairs of Latin America and prohibited further colonization.

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Monroe Doctrine

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A country that is creating new manufacturing and business industries.

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newly industrialized country

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the fundamental systems and facilities serving an country, city, or area, such as transportation, communication systems, electricity, water, sewer, health and education.

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infrastructure

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something that is native to a certain area (people, plants, animals).

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indigenous

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factors that attract people to a new place, city or country.

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pull factors

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factors that make people leave a new place, city or country.

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push factors

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An economy in which production is based on customs and traditions and carried out in small scale such as cottage industry and subsistence farming.

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traditional economy