Term | Definition |
1.Culture | The way of life that distinguishes a people, for example government, religion, language, customs, and beliefs. |
2.Population Density | The average number of people living in a given area. |
3.Birthrate | The number of live year each year per 1,000 people. |
4.Immigrant | A person who moves to a country. |
5.Emigrant | A person who leaves a country to live elsewhere. |
6.Urbanization | The growth of city population. |
7.Rural | Of, or characteristics of, the country side. |
8.Culture Hearth | A place where 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 in which a cultural element is transmitted from one group or individual to another |
11.Cultural Divergence | The restriction of a culture from outside influences. |
Soreingty | A countries freedom and power to decide on policies and actions. |
Unitary System | A system of government in which one central government hold most of the political pwer |
Federation | A government structure in which some power 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 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. |
Monarchy | 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 invest with the power to choose their leaders and determine government policies. |
Traditional Economy | An economic system in which families produce goods and service for their own use, with little surplus and exchange of goods; also known as a subsistence economy. |
Market Economy | An economy system in which decisions about production, price, and other economics factors are determined by the law supply and demand. |
Command Economy | An economic system that is controlled by a single central government. |
Natural Resources | A material in the natural environment that people value and use to satisfy their needs. |
Renewable Resources | A natural resource that the environment continuous to supply or replace as it is used. |
Nonrenewable Resources | A natural resource that cannot be replaced once it is used. |
Fossil Fuels | Any one of several nonrenewable mineral resources formed from the remaining of ancient plants and animals and used for fuel. |
Nuclear Energy | A type of energy produced by fission the splitting or uranium atoms in a nuclear reactor, releasing stored energy. |
Water Power | Energy produce from falling water to move machinery or generate electricity. |
Geothermal Energy | Energy produced from the earth's 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 the family or village. |
Commercial Farming | The raising or crops and livestock for sale in markets. |
Second 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 enjoys many people and produces large quantities of goods. |
Tertiary Economic Activity | An economic activity in which people do not directly gather or process raw materials but peruse activities that serve others; service industry |
Quaternary Economic Activity | An economic activity that focus on the acquisition, 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. |