Vocabulary

__**Geography Terms**__ //Human-environment interaction//: how human activity impacts the environment; how the environment impacts human activity.

//Acid rain//: a name given to the moisture that has reacted with sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides which can come from burning fossils fuels.

//Air Pollution:// the human introduction into the atmosphere of harmful chemicals, particles, or biological material that threatens human health and the environment.

//Desertification//: the process of land becoming like a desert, due to deforestation and drought.

//Deforestation//: the destruction of trees and other vegetation

Equator: imaginary circle around the globe at 0 degrees latitude; divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres.

Prime Meridian: Latitude Longitude Migration

__**Economic Terms**__ Command Economy Market Economy Traditional Economy Mixed Economy (continuum) Trade Barriers Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Production Distribution Consumption

Factors of Production: //-Natural Resources -Labor -Capital Resources -Entrepreneurship//

Federal Unitary Confederacy Autocracy Oligarchy Presidential Democracy Parliamentary Democracy Civil Disobedience Communism Capitalism Cold War Imperialism Decolonization Autonomy Nationalism Suffrage Great Leap Forward Cultural Revolution Tiananmen Square Protest
 * __History/Gov't Terms__**

__**Religion**__ Religions to know: Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Shintoism, Philosophy of Confucianism Monotheism Polytheism 5 Pillars of Islam Karma Reincarnation Kami Philosophy Caste System Religious group vs. Ethnic group Theocracy