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CHAPTER 6
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CHAPTER 6: Places and People
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Earth consists of oceans, seas, and seven continents. These bodies are located within hemispheres:hemispheres:
• Location in the Northern and Southern hemispheres is measured by lines of latitude.latitude.
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Earth consists of oceans, seas, and seven continents. These bodies are located within hemispheres:hemispheres:
• Location in the Eastern and Western hemispheres is measured by lines of longitude.longitude.
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RegionsRegions within hemispheres can be described in terms of the following characteristics:
• Physiographic (natural)
• Cultural• Economic
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Which characteristics are displayed on the map?
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Human activities have had a significant, and to a large part threatening, impact on the natural world:
Energy consumption
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Human activities have had a significant, and to a large part threatening, impact on the natural world:
Food needs and production
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Human activities have had a significant, and to a large part threatening, impact on the natural world:
Population growth and movement
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Human activities have had a significant, and to a large part threatening, impact on the natural world:
Uncontrolled industrialization
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Spoiled land and water and depletion of the ozone layer are some of the dangerous results of such activities.
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A physical location helps to determine its inhabitants’ culture,culture, or customs and beliefs.
• A cultural group whose way of life has been a response to the environment in which it has lived is known as indigenous.indigenous.
• Some examples are the BaMbuti and the Inuit.
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Human history has become a history of migration,migration, or movement from one location to another:• Circle migrationCircle migration involves
people moving from one location to another and then back to the original location.
• Example:Example: Some U.S. citizens move to Florida or Arizona for the winter and back up North for the summer.
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Human history has become a history of migration,migration, or movement from one location to another:
• Chain migrationChain migration is the permanent movement of a group to a new place as a result of change in the original location.
• Examples:Examples: Seekers of new economic opportunities, political refugees, the slave trade.
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Cities and civilizations are purely human innovations:
• The construction of cities led to a more sophisticated level of social life.
• Civilizations are known for their wide diversity of professions, art, and architecture.
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In contrast, humans have also created gruesome and horrifying places, such as concentration camps.
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THE ENDTHE ENDPractice the skills you learned in this chapter by taking the Chapter Review QuizChapter Review Quiz or the GED GED Practice QuizPractice Quiz.
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