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critical vocab 2014
Term | Definition |
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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY | study of natural features on the earths surface such as land water and animals |
HUMAN | environment interaction how people change adapt or depend in their environment |
CULTURE | way of life of a group of people who share the same common beliefs and traditions |
ECONOMICS | a system of producing distributing and consuming wealth and resources |
NATURAL RESOURCES | resources which come from the earth |
CAPITAL RESOURCES | human made resources that are used to create other goods or survices |
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES | countries that have high percentage of manufacturing and quality of life is generally good |
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES | COUNTRIES THAT HAVE HIGH PERCENTAGE OF AGRICULTURE AND BASIC needs are not always met |
MONARCHY | type of political system in which power is held by a single person usually born into power who may or may not share power with other people |
DEMOGRAPHICS | statistical data of human populations |
AGRICULTURE | THE RAISING OF CROPS OR ANIMALS FOR HUMAN USE |
INDUSTRIALIZTION | the process of changing an economy to rely more on manufacturing and less on farming |
CULTURE DIFFUSION | process of spreading new knowledge skills or products to other cultures |
DEFORESTATION | the process of clearing forestland |
APARTHEID | system of laws that separated racial and ethnic groups and limited the rights of blacks in SOUTH AFRICA |
RELIGION | system of belief values or practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader or natural elements |
BOYCOTT | the act of voluntarily abstaining from using buying or dealing with a person organization or country as an expression of protest |
NOMADIC | people who move from place to place by hunting herding or gathering |
COMMERCIAL FARMING | the production of crops and the farm animals for sale usually with the use of modern tech |