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CONTINENTS

NORTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

ANTARCTICA 

AFRICA

ASIA

AUSTRALIA

Did you know that the world is 70% water!

DIRECTIONS

Cardinal directions:

North, South, East, West

Intermediate Directions:

Northeast, Northwest,

Southeast, Southwest

GEOGRAPHY

LATITUDE LINES

-The distance of a location south or north of the equator

-They run east and west

LONGITUDE LINES

-The distance of a location east or west of the prime meridian 

-They run north and south

WHAT IS GEOGRAPHY?

ECONOMICS

Did you know the US has the worlds largest economy!

ECONOMY-

System in which people make, exchange, and use things that have value

GDP ( GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT)

Measure of all goods and services produced in a country in one year

GDP PER CAPITA

GDP divided by population; average amount of money made per person

STANDARD OF LIVING:

Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and

well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing, and

medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the

event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other

lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.

PRODUCERS-

Owners and workers

CONSUMERS-

People who buy and use products and services

GOVERNMENT

Organization that sets up and enforces laws

Did you know that there are 100 different types of government!

Why do we need government?
– To protect people
– To protect people’s rights
– To resolve conflicts within the country and with other countries

DIRECT DEMOCRACY

Tribal Rule

Culture

WHAT IS CULTURE:

Culture can be defined as all of a population's ways of life, including arts, beliefs, and institutions that are carried down from generation to generation. Culture has been referred to as "the way of life for an entire society." As such, it comprises etiquette, dress, language, religion, rituals, and art.

Did you know that Kissing both cheeks is a common way of greeting someone in Spain.

What is ethnocentrism: 

The tendency to view your own culture as being better than others

WERE BETTER THAN YOU!

NO YOUR NOT!

RELIGIONS

FIVE MAJOR RELIGIONS:

Judaism

Christianity 

Islam

Hinduism

Buddhism

Religion is a set of organized beliefs, practices, and systems that most often relate to the belief and worship of a controlling force, such as a personal god or another supernatural being.

WHAT IS RELIGION?

Did you know that 31.2 percent of the people in the world are Christians.

THEIR GODS

JUDAISM: YAHWEH

CHRITIANITY: GOD

ISLAM: ALLAH

HINDUISM: BRAHMAN

BUDDHISM: DOES NOT BELIEVE IN GOD

RIVER CIVILIZATIONS 

EGYPT

Egyptians were

polytheistic, which meant

they believed in many gods

Egyptians had faith in the afterlife. They had to prepare the bodies of the dead in order to be ready for the afterlife. 

MESPOTAMIA

They were polytheistic which means they Believe in more than one god

Hammurabi’s code

Set of firm laws created by King

Hammurabi, They Were recorded on clay tablets and tall stone pillars. There were 282 different laws

AFTERLIFE

INDUS VALLEY

People ceased being nomads and began to settle in small farming settlements. Over time, these rural settlements develop into huge metropolis.

Agricultural revolution

What does the indus river valley provide?

 Irrigation/Fertile Soil

Transportation

Mud for making buildings

Fishing

Drinking Water