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- large scale map
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smaller area represented
greater amount of detail - mercator map
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land masses are represented in their true shape
area is distorted
cylinderical - conic map
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meridans of longitude appear as straight lines
-not good at poles
-used for middle latitude areas
-size, shape, and distance for small areas - Lambert equal area
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true distance close to the center
-distortion greatest at edge of map - lithosphere
- outside crust and uppermost mantle
- Geographic Information System (GIS)
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mapquest
computer software
recovery of the world trade center - divergent
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plates spread apart
Great Rift Valley - transformation
- plates slip past each other, cause earthquakes
- convergent
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plates push together
-collision
-subduction (ring of fire)
-faulting - 5 most widely spoken languages by natives
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manderin
hindi
spanish
english
arabic - 5 major religions
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christianity
muslim (Islam)
hindu
buddism
jewish - 5 pillars of islam
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prof of faith
alms
prayer
fasting
haji - 5 core environmental issues
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air
water
desertification
global warming
diversity - most likely monitor human rights globally
- Non government organizations
- situation in which people have an incentive to increase their consumption of a collective good even though that increased consumption will significantly reduce either the quality or supply of the good
- tradegy of the commons
- natural law
- made by God or nature
- positive law
- made by man
- belief that jews should have a homeland
- Zionism