Term | Definition |
1. Culture | The way of life that distinguishes a people for example government language religion customs and beliefs |
2. Population Density | The average number of people living in a given area |
3. Birthrate | The number of live births each year per 1,000 people |
4. Immigrant | A person who moves into a country |
5. Emigrant | A person who leaves a country to live elsewhere |
6. Urbanization | The growth of city populations |
7. Rural | Of or characteristic of the countryside |
8. Culture Hearth | A place in which important ideas begin and thereafter spread to surrounding cultures |
9. Cultural Convergence | The contact and interaction of one culture with another |
10. Diffusion | The process by which a cultural element is transmitted from one group or individual to another |
11. Cultural Divergence | The restriction of a culture from outside influences |
12. Sovereignty | A country's freedom and power to decide on policies and actions |
13. Unitary System | A system of government in which one central government holds most of the political power |
14. Federation | A government structure in which some powers are given to the national government and other powers are reserved for more local governments |
15. Confederation | A system of government in which individual political units keep their sovereignty but give limited power to a central government |
16. Authoritarian | Descriptive of a system of government in which the leader hold all political power |
17. Dictatorship | A system of government in which absolute power is held by a small group or one person |
18. Totalitarianism | A system of government in which a central authority controls all aspects of society |
19. Monarchy | A system of authoritarian government headed by a monarch a king, queen, shah, or sultan whose position is usually inherited |
20. Democracy | A system of government in which the people are invested with the power to choose their leaders and determine government policy |
21. 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 |
22. 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 |
Natural Resource | A material in the natural environment that people value and use to satisfy their needs |
Renewable Resource | A natural resource that the environment continues to supply or replace as it is used |
Nonrenewable Resouce | A natural resource that cannot 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 produce 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 | The raising of crops and livestock for sale in markets |
Tertiary Economic Activity | An economic activity in which people do not directly gatherer process raw materials but pursue activities that serve others; service 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 sal |
Import | An item that is brought into the country for sale |