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Human Geo & Gov Review

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  • Name all of the parts of MR HeLP
    Movement, Region, Human Environment Interaction, Location, Place
  • Where a place is on Earth
    Location
  • How people affect the environment and how the environment affects people
    Human Environment Interaction
  • Ruled by religious authority; says they're ruling on behalf of God
    Theocracy
  • Single political party controls government and economy
    Communism
  • When PEOPLE CHANGE THE ENVIRONMENT to help themselves
    Modify
  • comparing one location to another location
    Relative location
  • List at least 2 characteristics of an UNLIMITED government
    leader does what they want, makes all decisions, can't be removed (unless by force), no term limit
  • Building a bridge to get from one city to another city across the water is what type of HEI?
    Modify
  • Leader resorts to force or fraud to get their power
    Dictatorship
  • Combination of democracy and monarchy
    Constitutional Monarchy
  • Another general word for latitude lines
    Parallels
  • Describes what's special about an area; could be human or physical feature
    Place
  • List at least 2 different characteristics of a LIMITED government
    leader has to follow the law, removed if they break the law, limits to the time they're in charge, people vote on them
  • Horizontal lines, parallels, measures how far north or south, Equator is the "main character"
    Latitude lines
  • Another general word for longitude lines
    Meridians
  • Vertical lines, meridians, measures how far east or west, Prime Meridian is the "main character"
    Longitude lines
  • When PEOPLE CHANGE THEMSELVES to fit their environment
    Adapt
  • What is spatial thinking?
    Thinking about space on the Earth's surface; where places are located and why they're there
  • Wearing warmer clothes in the winter is what type of HEI?
    Adapt
  • Section of places that share similar features/characteristics
    Region
  • King or queen has total control
    Absolute Monarchy
  • People, goods, ideas going from one place to another
    Movement
  • Name all 4 of the UNLIMITED forms of government
    Dictatorship, Absolute Monarchy, Theocracy, Communism
  • Has a prime minister appointed by legislature
    Parliamentary Republic
  • Citizens elect leaders to represent them; leaders voted into power
    Republic (Representative Democracy)
  • Name all 3 of the LIMITED forms of government
    Republic (Representative Democracy), Parliamentary Republic, Constitutional Monarchy
  • The one thing that settlements of the world are most dependent on (besides their location)
    Access to water
  • What are 3 reasons for limiting the powers of government?
    So they don't become too powerful, so citizens can have basic human rights, and to keep them from becoming corrupt
  • Name 2 examples from our notes of an abuse of political power.
    Jews sent to concentration camps, removing Native Americans from their land, punished for not converting to a religion, leader not following the constitution
  • Latitude & longitude; exact address
    Absolute location