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Critical Vocab 2014
Term | Definition |
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Physical geography | Study of natural features on the earths surface land water and animals |
Human | Environmental interaction how people change adapt or depend on their enviorment |
culture | way of life of a group of people of who share common beliefs and traditions |
economics | a system of producing distributing wealth 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 and resources |
developed countries good | Countries that have a high percentage of manufacturing and quality of life is generally good |
developing counties | countries that have a 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 with people |
demographics | statistical data of human populations |
agriculture | the raising of crops or animals for human use |
industrialization | the process of changing an economy to rely more on manufacturing and less on farming |
cultural diversion | process of spreading new knowledge skills or products to other cultures |
deforestation | the process of clearing forestland |
non renewable | a natural resource that our earth cannot replenish |
irragation | watering of dry land by means of canals or pipes |
desertification | process by which grasslands change to desert and land suitable for farming is lost |
aparthied | system of laws that separated racial and ethnic groups and limited the rights of blacks in south africa |
religion | system of beliefs values or practices on the teachings of spiritual leaders or natural elements |
boycott | the act of voluntary 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 farm animals for sale usually with the use of modern tecnology |