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Africa 1
Term | Definition |
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Social organization | social classes |
Customs and traditions | - rules of behavior |
Language | communication |
Religion | (monotheism= one god; polytheism= more than one god) |
Government | -democracy= people have supreme power -in a form of democracy called a republic= people choose leaders who represent them -dictatorship= a ruler or group holds power by force |
Economic systems | -traditional economy= people produce most of what they need to survive (hunting, gathering, farming, herding) -market economy= individuals answer the basic economic questions by buying and selling goods and services; free enterprise system -command econ |
Exports | goods sent to markets outside a country |
Subsistence farming | farmer produces enough harvest to supply personal needs but has little or no surplus |
Cash crops | crop that can be sold on the world market |
Ethnocentrism | judging other cultures by the standards of one’s own culture |
Racism | belief that one racial group is superior to another |
Diffusion | movement of customs or ideas from one place to another |
Desertification | the change of semi-desert land into desert land |
Mercantilism | theory that a country’s economic strength depended on increasing its gold supply by exporting more goods than it imported |
Deforestation | clearing land for farming and burning wood for fuel; results in erosion |
Tariffs | tax imposed on imported goods |
Colonialism | imperialism: control of one country of the political economic, or cultural life of another country or region |
Carry capacity | the maximum number of species that an environment can sustain |
Role of UN | preserve world peace and cooperate in solving global social and economic problems |
Drought | prolonged periods of little or no rainfall |
Famine | a severe shortage of food, as through crop failure or overpopulation |