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Geography

The study of physical characteristics of earth and the distribution and effects of life on earth, especially that of humans.

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caddo indians

Geography; Human geography

An important group of closely cognate and usually allied tribes formerly holding a considerable territory in Western Louisiana and Eastern Texas, entering upon the Red, Sabine, ...

blackfoot indians

Geography; Human geography

An important tribe of the Northern Plains, constituting the westernmost extension of the great Algonquian stock.

blood indians

Geography; Human geography

A group of North American aborigines forming part of the Blackfeet Tribe, which, with the Apapahoes and Cheyennes, constitute the Western division of the great Algonquin family.

algonquins

Geography; Human geography

The Indians known by this name were probably at one time the most numerous of all the North American tribes. Migrations, inter-marriages, political alliances, wholesale absorption ...

Diana

Geography; Human geography

Princess of Whales, England, was the first wife of Charles. Diana means Heavenly, or divine.

Malthusian catastrophe

Geography; Human geography

A situation where the population of an area returns to subsistence living after experiencing a sharp population growth. This is because food reserves and agriculture become unable ...