Chapter 6 Human S
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| market economy- | an economic system in which people choose freely what to buy and sell.
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| free enterprise- | system that lets competition among businesses
determine the price of products.
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| capitalism- | an economic system in which businesses,
industries, and resources are privately
owned.
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| command economy- | an economic system in which the government decides what to produce, where to make it,
and what price to charge.
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| communism- | is an economic and political system in which
the government owns or controls almost all
the means of production.
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| gross national product (GNP)- | is the total value of goods and services that
a country produces in a year.
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| gross domestic product (GDP)- | the total value of goods and services created
within a country.
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| industrialization- | process by which manufacturing based on
machine power becomes wide spread in a area.
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| literacy rate- | the percentage of people who can read and write.
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| developed countries- | countries with high levels of industrialization
and high standards of living.
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| infrastructure- | is a system of roads, ports, and other facilities needed by a modern economy.
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| developing countries- | countries with less productive economies than
developed countries and low standards of living
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| domestication- | the process in which people grow plants and
tame animals for their own use.
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| urbanization- | Growth in the proportion of people living
in towns and cities.
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| world cities- | huge urban areas that are the most important
centers of economic power and wealth.
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| central business district (CBD)- | city center dominated by large stores,
offices, buildings.
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| edge cities- | clusters of large buildings away from the
central business district of a city.
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| subsistence agriculture- | farming in which food is produced by a family
just for its own needs.
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| shifting cultivation- | a process in which farmers clear trees or
brush for short-term planting before moving
on to clear another area.
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| pastoralism- | a type of subsistence agriculture involving
herding animals.
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| market-oriented agriculture- | agricultural system in which farmers grow
products to sell to consumers.
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| agribusiness- | is the operation of specialized commercial
farm for more efficiency and profits.
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| natural boundaries- | boundaries that follow a feature of the
landscape.
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| cultural boundaries- | boundaries that are based on culture traits.
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| geometric boundaries- | boundaries that follow geometric patterns.
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| nationalism- | a feeling of pride and loyalty for one's
country or culture group.
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| totalitarian governments- | a government in which one person or a small
group of people rule a country and in which
the people have no say.
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| democracy- | a system of government in which the people
decide who will govern.
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| tariffs- | taxes on imports and exports.
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| quotas- | in trade matters, limits on the amount of a
product that can be imported.
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