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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| physical geography | study of natural features on earths surface:land water and animals |
| Human environment interaction | How people change the enviroment |
| Culture | way of life a group of people who share common beliefs and traditions |
| economics | a system of producing distributing and consuming resources |
| Natural resources | resources that come from the earth |
| Capital resources | resources that are made from humans to help get other resources |
| Developed countries | Countries that have a high percentage of manufacturing and good life style |
| Developing countries | countries that have high agriculture and basic needs aren't met |
| monarchy | type of political system in which power is held by a single person |
| demogaphics | statistical data of human population |
| agriculture | The raising of crops or animals for use |
| industrialization | the process of changing an economy to rely more on manufacturing and on less farming |
| cultural diffusion | process of spreading new knowledge skills or products to other countries |
| Deforestation | The clearing of forestland |
| nonrenewable | a natural resource that cant be replenished |
| irrigation | watering of dry lands by means of canals or pipes |
| deserfication | process by which grasslands change to desert |
| apartied | system of laws that separated whites from blacks |
| religion | system of beliefs values or practice on the teachings of spiritual meanings |
| boycott | the act of voluntarily abstaining from using or buying products over an expression of protest |
| nomadic | people who move from one place to other to hunt fish and farm |
| Commercial farming | the production of crops and farm animals for sale |