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critical vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pysical geography | study of natural features on the earths surface : land, water, and animals |
| human environmental interaction | how people change adapt or depend on their environment |
| culture | way of life of people who share common beliefs are traditions |
| economics | a system of producing, distributing, and consuming wealth and resources |
| natutal resources | human made resourcess that are used to create other goods of services |
| capital resources | human made resources that are used to cretae other goods and services |
| developed countries | countries that have a high percentage of manufacturing and quality of life is generally good. |
| developing countries | 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 power with the people. |
| demographics | statistical date of human poplulations |
| agriculture | the raising of crops or animals for human use |
| industrilization | the process of changing an economy to rely more on manufacturing and less on farming |
| cultural diffusion | process of spreading new knowledge, skills, or products to other cultures |
| deforestation | the process of clearing forestland. |
| non renewable | a natural resoource that our earth cant replenish |
| iirigation | watering of dry lands by means of canals or pipes |
| dessertification | process by which grasslands change to desert and land suitable for farming is lost |
| apartheid | system of law that seperated racial and ethnic groups and limited the rights of blacks in south africa |
| religion | system of belifs, values, or practices based on the teachings of spiritual leaders or natural elements |
| boycott | the act of voulintarily abstaining from using, buying or dealing with a person or organization or country as an expression for protest |
| nomadic | people who move from 1 place to another by huntiong, herding or gathering. |
| commercial farming | the production of crops and farm animals for sale usually with the use of modern technology |