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Brady Soc St
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cardinal direction | north, south, east, west |
| climate | weather over a long period of time |
| cultural development of a place or region | immigrant who brings their culture, food, and language to a new region |
| describe | to write or tell something |
| elevation | height above or below sea level |
| geographic questions | What is it like? Where is it? How is it connected to other places? |
| human activity | way people act in their environment |
| human environment interaction | what people do with the environment |
| identify | find out or show something |
| impact of immigration | increase in population and diversity |
| intermediate directions | northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest |
| landform regions | regions based on common landforms |
| maps | special kind of drawing that can show different parts of the earth |
| migration | movement of people from one place to another |
| negative effect | something that is not good |
| population density | how many people live per square mile in an area |
| physical environment | surroundings |
| political regions | state boundaries |
| positive effect | something that is good |
| purposes of geographic tools and technology | measure distance, determine location, classify a region using globes, maps and satellite images |
| push/pull factors | Why did they leave? Why did they come? |
| regions | ways in which the United States can be divided |
| relative location | where one place is in relation to another place |
| vegetation regions | region based on what grows there |
| behavior | choices people make |
| buyers | people who purchase a good or service |
| characteristics of a market economy | consumers, producers, workers, saver, investors |
| circular flow model | flow of money from households to businesses and back to households by the manufacturing and purchasing of goods and services |
| competition | when two or more sellers try to sell similar goods or services to a group of buyers |
| demand | how much of an item people want |
| economic questions | What is produced? How is it produced? Who gets what is produced? What role does the government play in the economy? |
| global competition | countries |
| market economy | business are owned by people and firms |
| market simulation | the acting out of the production, selling, and buying of goods |
| positive incentives | positive rewards offered to encourage sales |
| price | the amount people pay in exchange for a particular good or service |
| public goods | goods available to everyone at the same cost |
| sellers | people that offer goods or services |
| substitute goods | available goods that can take the place of another good |
| supply | amount of goods or services that are available to you |
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