Writing Prompt 1 Table 1: Clinical United States (High Income Country) Somalia (Low Income Country) High life expectancy. Low life expectancy. Low mortality rate. High mortality rate. Low infant mortality rate. High infant mortality rate. Low adult mortality rate. High adult mortality rate. Cause-specific morbidity and mortality (low mortality rate due to communicable‚ non-communicable‚ and injury). Cause-specific
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different steps in the food-proccessing industry‚ usually through the ownership by large corporations. Agricultural Density The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture Agricultural Revoluion The time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering. Agriculture The deliberate effort to modify a portion of the Earth’s surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenence
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AP Human Geography Outline Ch. 1 Thinking Geographically Key Issue 1: How do geographers describe where things are? Map- a two-dimensional model of Earth’s surface‚ or a portion of it. Place- a specific point of Earth distinguished by a particular character. Region- an area of Earth distinguished by a distinctive combination of cultural and physical features. Scale- the relationship between a map’s distances and the actual distances on Earth. Space- the physical gap between two objects
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Chapter 8: State‚ Society‚ and the Quest for Salvation in India Megasthene‚ Seleucid Emperor * Lived during late 4 and early 3 century bce. * Indika‚ long lost book‚ quotations of the respect on Indian land‚ people‚ and society. * Ant story * Monstrous human beings * Fertile land * 2 harvest/yr of grain * Pataliputra‚ capital * Near Ganges river with timber wall with 570 towers & 64 gates. * Large armies with war elephants *
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Cornell Notes Topic/Objective: Name: Class/Period: Date: Essential Question: Questions: Notes: Chapter 3 Notes AP human geo -immigration •Haitians would try to leave their country on overcrowded boats • they would come to the southern coast of florida •it was very dangerous and many lost their lives doing it •if they made it over without getting caught then they were able to stay if they made it to shore and could find their way to the home of friends and family and they
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Unit 1 Vocabulary Valerie Kinnison Geography: study of people their environments‚ and their resources. The geography of the country affects many people. Location: position of a place on the earth’s surface Location of a city can affect what type of people lives there. Latitude: distance north or south of the equator The low latitude areas receive more sunlight. Longitude: distance east or west of the prime meridian Longitude lines run perpendicular to the latitude lines. Export: goods
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Chapter 27 Study Guide 1. The process of industrialism threatened traditional and social hierarchies in both societies. In Russia‚ the aristocracy was threatened by the abolition of serfdom‚ the creation of regional zemstvoes‚ and reforms of the army. In Japan‚ the samurai were almost destroyed by the fall of the shogunate‚ the destruction of feudalism‚ and military reform. Both nations used territorial expansion as a means of mollifying the aristocracy and building support for the imperial government
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Russia Becomes a Magnet for U.S. Fast-Food Chains By Andrew Kramer This article explains the expansion of all the different fast-food restaurants in Russia and delves into Papa John’s. Also‚ it talks about their owner in Russia‚ Christopher Wynne who had previously worked in the U.S. In this article‚ the concept of cultural landscape is used in a way in which the fast food industry decides to modify the traditional landscape of Russia‚ with it not having fast food restaurants‚ to now having
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Afghan Militia Bases * Classify the Dispute and Shape * The Taliban are Muslim fundamentalists‚ with a strict interpretation of Sharia law and a notorious treatment of women. * Afghanistan is a land locked nation-state in a compact shape. * It shares a border with Pakistan. * Pakistan is an elongated state. * The border between the two states is elongated. * Pakistan and Afghanistan are separated by a desert. * These attributes allow the conflict to continue
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living are dropping further behind the richest countries. The gap in incomes between the 20% of the richest and the poorest countries has grown from 30 to 1 in 1960 to 82 to 1 in 1995. 3. Increased trade and travel have facilitated the spread of human‚ animal and plant diseases‚ like HIV/AIDS‚ SARS and bird flu‚ across borders. The AIDS crisis has reduced life expectancy in some parts of Africa to less than 33 years and delays in addressing the problems‚ caused by economic pressures‚ have exacerbated
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