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worldgeo14
chapter 3 and 4 vocab
Term | Definition |
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culture | the way of life that distinguishes a people,for example,government, language, religion,customs, and beliefes |
population density | the average number of people living in a given area |
birthrate | the number of live births each year per 1,000 people |
immigrant | A person who moves into a country |
emigrant | A person who leaves a country to live elsewhere |
urbanization | The growth of city population |
rural | Of,or characteristic of, the countryside |
culture hearth | A place in which important ideas begin and thereafter spread to surrounding cultures |
cultural convergence | The contract and interaction of one culture with another |
diffusion | The process by which a cultural element is transmitted from one group or individual to another |
cultural divergence | The restriction of a culture from outside influences |
sovereignty | A country`s freedom union any one of various governing councils |
unitary system | A system of government in which one central government holds most of the political power |
federation | A government structure in which some powers are reserved for more local governments |
confederation | A system of government in which individual political units keep thier 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 a central authority controls all aspects of society |
monarachy | 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 choose thier leaders and determine government policy |
traditional economy | An economic system in which families produce goods and services for thier own use with little surplus and exchange of goods also known as a subsistence economy |
market economy | An enonmic 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 |
natural resource | a material in the natural environment that people value and use satisfy thier needs |
renewable resource | a natural resource that the environment continues to supply or replace as it is used |
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 and 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 produced from falling water to move machinery or generate electricity |
geothermal energy | energy produced from the earths intense interior heat |
solar energy | energy produced by the sun |
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 to produce or manufacture new products of greater value |
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 quantites 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 service industry |
export | an item that is sent out of the country for sale |
import | an item that is brought into a country |