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| Culture | Way of life that distinguishes a people, for example, government, language, religion, customs, and beliefs.
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| Population Density | Average number of people living in an average area.
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| Birthrate | Number of live births each year per 1,000 people.
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| Immigrant | Person who moves into a country.
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| Emigrant | Person who leaves a country to live elsewhere.
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| Urbanization | Growth of city population.
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| Rural | Of, or characteristics of, the countryside.
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| Culture Hearth | Place in which important ideas begin and thereafter spread to surrounding cultures.
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| Cultural Convergence | Contact and interaction of one culture and another.
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| Diffusion | Process by which a culture elements is transmitted from one group or individual to another.
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| Cultural Divergence | Restriction of a culture from outside influence.
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| Sovereignty | Country's freedom and power to deiced on policies and actions.
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| Unitary System | System of government in which one central government holds most of the political power.
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| Federation | Government structure in which some powers are given to the national government and other powers are reserved for more local governments.
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| Confederation | System of government in which individual political units keep keep their sovereignty but give limited power to a central government.
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| Authoritarian | Descriptive of a system of government in which leaders hold all political power.
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| Dictatorship | System of government in which absolute power is held by a small group or one person.
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| Totalitarianism | System of government in which a central authority controls all aspects of society.
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| Monarchy | System of authoritarian government headed by a monarch-a king, queen, shah, or sultan- whose position is usually inherited.
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| Democracy | A system of government in which the people are invested with the people are invested with the power to choose their leaders and determine government.
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| 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.
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| Market Economy | Economic system in which decisions about production, price, and other economic factors are determined by the law of supply and demand.
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| Command Economy | Economic system that is control by a single central government.
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| Natural Resources | Material in the natural environment that people value and use to satisfy their needs.
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| Renewable Resource | A natural resource that the environment continues to supply or replace as it is used.
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| Nonrenewable resource | Natural resource that cannot be replaced once it is used.
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| Fossil Fuel | Any one of several nonrenewable resources formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals and used for fuels.
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| Nuclear Energy | A type of energy produced by fission- the splitting of uranium atoms in a nuclear reactor, releasing stored energy.
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| Water Power | Energy produced from falling water to move machinery or generate electricity.
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| Geothermal Energy | Energy produced from the earths intense interior heat.
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| Solar Energy | Energy produced by the sun.
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| Primary Economic activity | An economic activity that takes or uses natural resources directly, such as fishing or mining.
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| Subsistence Farming | Farming that provides only enough for the needs of a family or a village.
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| Commercial Farming | Raising of crops and livestock for sail in markets.
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| Secondary Economic Activity | Economic activity in which people use raw materials to produce or manufacture new products for greater value.
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| Cottage Industry | Small-scale manufacturing operation using little technology, often in or near people's homes.
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| Commercial Industry | Large scale manufacturing operation that employs many people and produces large quantities of goods.
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| Tertiary Economic Activity | Economic activity in which people do not directly gather or process raw materials but pursue activities that serve others; service industry.
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| Export | Item that is sent out of a country for sale.
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| Import | Item that is brought into the country for sale.
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