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ch 3 and 4 vocab
vocab
Term | Definition |
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culture | the way of life that distinguishes a people for example government, language, religion, customs, and beliefs. |
population density | the average number of people living in a given area. |
birthrate | the number of live births each year per 1000 people. |
immagrant | a person who moves into a country. |
emigrant | a person who leaves a country to live elsewhere . |
urbanazation | the growth of city populations. |
rural | of or characteristics of the countryside. |
culture health | a place in which important ideas begin and there after spread to surrounding cultures. |
cultureral convergence | the contact and interaction of one culture with another. |
diffusion | the process by which a culture element is transmitted from one group or individuals to another. |
cultural divergence | the restriction of a culture from outside influences. |
sovereignty | a country's freedom and power to decide on policies and actions. |
unitary systems | a system of government in which one central government holds most of the political power. |
federation | a government structure in which some powers are given to the national government and other powers are reserved for more local governments. |
confederation | a system of government in which individual political units keep their sovereignty but give limited power to a central government. |
authoritarian | descriptive of a system of government in which the leaders hold all political power. |
dictatorship | a system of government in which absolute power is held by a small group or one person. |
totalitarianism | a system of government in which |
monarcy | a system of authoritarian government headed by a monarch a king , queen, shah, or sultan, whose position is usually inherited. |
democracy | a system of government in which the people are invested with the power to chose their leaders and determine government policy. |
traditional economy | an economic system in which families produce goods and services for their own use with little surplus and exchange of goods also known as a subsistence economy |
market economy | an economic system in which decisions about production, price, and other economic factors are determined by the law of supply and demand. |
command economy | an economic system that is controlled by a single central government. |
primary economic activity | an economic activity that takes or uses natural resources directly such as fishing or mining |
subsistence farming | farming that provides only enough for the needs of a family or a village |
commercial farming | the raising of crops and livestock for sale in markets |
secondary economic activity | an economic activity in which people use raw materials |
cottage industry | a small scale manufacturing operation using little technology often located in or near peoples homes |
commercial industry | a large scale manufacturing operation that employs many people and produces large quantity of goods |
Tertiary economic activity | an economic activity in which people do not directly gather or process raw materials but pursue activities that serve others serves industry |
Quaternary economic activity | an economic activity that focuses on the acquisition processing and sharing of information such as education or research |
export | an item that is sent out of the country for sale |
import | an item that is brought into the country for sale |
renewable resource | a natural resource that the environment continues to supply or replace as it is used. |
natural resource | a material in the natural environment that people value and use to satisfy their needs |
nonrenewable resource | a natural resource that can not be replaced once it is used |
fossil fuel | any one of several nonrenewable mineral resources formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals used for fuel |
nuclear energy | a type of energy produced by fission the splitting of uranium atoms in a nuclear reactor releasing stored energy |
water power | energy released from falling water to move machinery or generate electricity |
geothermal energy | energy produced from the earth's intense inteirior heat |
solar energy | energy produced by the sun |