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Social studies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| physical geography | study of natural features on the earths surface |
| human | envirioment reaction- how people change or depend on their enviroment |
| culture | way of life of a group of people |
| economics | a system of producing and contributing wealth |
| natural resources | resources from the earth |
| capital resources | human made resources |
| developed countries | countries that are industrialized and have high standerds of living |
| deloping countries | countries that are not industrialized and have low standerds of living |
| monarchy | a system in which one person has all the power |
| demographics | a statistic of human population |
| agriculture | the raising of crops for human use |
| industrialsation | the process of changing an economy to be more industialized |
| culture diffusion | the process of spreading differnt ideas to other cultures |
| deforestation | the process of clearing trees |
| non-renewable | a natural resource that we caanot replinish |
| irrigation | watering dry lands for farming |
| desertifcation | process in which land changes to desert |
| apartheid | racial segration against blacks in south africa |
| religion | systm of belifs based on a spirtual leader |
| Boycott | the act of refusing to buy or deal with something you dont like |
| nomadic | people who have no permenant homes |
| comercial farming | the production of crops and farm animals for sale. |