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Yearlong Essentials
Years essential terms
Question | Answer |
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Where something is. 240*W 120* E | Location |
A source or supply from which a benefit is produced | Resource |
Plans governments have on how to handle situations | Policy |
Someone who moves into country. | Immigrant |
Countries with similar beliefs that support each other | Alliances |
A dramatic change | Revolution |
Groups between the rich and poor | Middle Class |
A government with a king or queen | Monarchy |
Land that produces a lot of food is called | Fertile |
The ability to read and write | Literacy |
Large scale production of food for sale | Commercial farming |
A country that lacks technology | Undeveloped |
Products sold to make a profit | Cash crops |
Making only enough money or food for your families survival | Subsistence |
Countries adding technology or industry | Developing |
How long people live in an area | Life expectancy |
Common characteristics of people in an area | Culture |
Countries with technology and industry | Developed |
To adapt something wild to human use | Domestication |
Things people do to make money in an area | Economy |
A person who invests money to start a business | Entrepreneur |
A person who is a buyer of user of a product | Consumer |
A person who makes and sells a product | Producer |
A preference or prejudice | Bias |
An overthrow (usually violent) of a government | Coup |
The weather in an area over a long period of time | Climate |
A map showing countries and boundaries | Political Map |
A map showing landforms | Physical Map |
Living in the city | Urban |
Living outside the city | Rural |
Information to sway someones beliefs. Often half truths or lies. | Propaganda |
A lack of food or water | Famine |
Characteristics of a location. What makes it different? | Place |
The way people change their environment. | Human Environmental Interaction |
Mobility of goods/people/ideas | Movement |
Areas defined by unifying characteristics | Regions |
Natural features on the Earth | Landforms |
Land that is controlled outside a nations borders | Empire |
An increase in prices | Inflation |
A leader who has absolute power | Dictator |
Deadly disease that wiped out much of Europe's population | Plague |
A government in which people vote | Democracy |
A person who has no single, settled home. Moves from place to place. | Nomad |
More of a thing or product than is needed. | Surplus |
A society with cities, a central government, and workers who specialize in certain jobs. | Civilization |
A group of people with similar backgrounds, wealth, and a way of living. Ranking in society | Social Classes |
A professional writer | Scribes |
A time when there is so little food that many people starve | Famine |
A family of rulers. | Dynasty |
Re birth of a soul in the body of another living thing | Reincarnation |
Lowest class of most societies - Typically involved in farming. | Peasants |
How crowded an area is; the number of people per square mile. | Population Density |
To move from one place to settle (live) in another. | Migration |
The kind of money used by a group or nation. | Currency |