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Latitude
parallel lines that express the distance north and south of the equator =
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Longitude
not parallel lines that express the distance east and west of the prime meridian ||
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Prime Meridian
- 0 degrees longitude
- located in England and Greenwich
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Frost Free Period
The time of the last frost to the time of the first frost (growing season)
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Subsistence Farming
Farming for the sake of existence, to survive
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Globalization
the increasing, interconnecting of different parts of the world through economic, environmental, political, and social change
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Culture
total of knowledge, attitudes, and behavior patterns shared and transmitted by members of society
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State
legally defined boundaries with a population, a capital city, and a representative government
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Primate City
- A city that is larger than the number 2 and number 3 cities in the country combine
- Paris
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Devolution
- a part of a country demanding more political freedom or authority
- Belguim
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Polders
- When a dike is built and pumps water into the sea
- Netherlands
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Core Area
- the main area in a country for whatever we are talking about
- the Hague: UN World Court
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Infrastructure
everything that makes up a country (roads, schools, banking, etc.)
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Europeanization
Europe taking their influence to all the world
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CIS Countries
- 15 countries that are a part of the old Soviet Union
- Russia
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Satellite Countries
- independent communist countries revolving around and faithful to the Soviet Union
- Poland
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Development
the economic, social, and institutional growth of national states (process of change for the better)
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Productivity per Worker
the sum of production over a year divided by the total number of persons in the labor force
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Consumption of Energy
use of electricity and other forms of power
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The Hague
UN World Court in the Netherlands
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Collective farms
when the government takes all the farms and combines them into one big farm
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Mediterranean Climate
- hot dry summers months and somewhat moist mild winters
- Southern Europe/Southern California
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Shatterbelt
- Changing boundaries
- Eastern Europe
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Balkanization
- changing boundaries in the Balkan Areas
- Eastern Europe
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Command Economy
- All commands coming from one central location (opposite of free market)
- Moscow
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Fjords
- Deep-sided valleys cut into the mainland (dug and cut out by glaciers now flooded by the sea)
- Norway
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Finlandization
Soviet Union guaranteed security to Finland but dictated Finnish foreign and defense policies and trade partner
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