World Geography Unit 8 Vocabulary
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| Human Development Index | An indicator of the level of development for each country constructed by the United Nations combining income, literacy, education, and life expectancy. On a scale of 0-1 with 1 being the best possible score.
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| Sustainable Development | The level of development that can be maintained in a country without depleting resources for future generations.
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| Landlocked Country | A state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea.
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| Refugee | People who have fled their country because of political persecution and seek asylum in another country.
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| Primary Economic Activity | Economic Activity concerned with the direct extraction of raw materials, generally through agriculture, mining, fishing, or forestry.
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| Secondary Economic Activity | Economic activities concerned with manufacturing useful products through processing, transforming, and assembling raw materials.
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| Tertiary Economic Activity | Economic activities concerned with transportation, communications, and services.
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| Quaternary Economic Activity | Economic activities concerned with the collection, processing, and manipulation of information and capital ($).
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| Subsistence Agriculture | Method of food production practiced to provide food for direct consumption by the farmer and his family.
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| Commercial Agriculture | Method of food production practiced to generate products for sale off of the farm.
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| Cottage Industry | Manufacturing based in homes rather than in a factory.
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| Commercial Industry | Manufacturing done in factories meant for large-scale distribution.
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| Imperialism | Control of territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous group.
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| Infrastructure | The underlying framework of services facilitate productive activity.
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| Berlin Conference | Meeting at which the major European powers negotiated and formalized claims to territory in Africa. The 1884–1885 conference marked the climax of the European competition for territory in Africa, a process commonly known as the Scramble for Africa.
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