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World Geo Unit 2
Review for Unit 2 Assessment with new Geography book
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The cultural change that occurs when individuals in a society accept or adopt an innovation is called _____. | acculturation |
| a group of people with a common culture living in a territory and having a strong sense of unity | nation |
| a city including its surrounding suburbs and exurbs | a metropolitan area |
| the average amount of money earned by each person in a political unit | per capita income |
| the average number of people who live in a measurable area, reached by dividing, the number of inhabitants in an area by the amount of land they occupy | population density |
| When the government determines and regulates the production of goods and services | command economy |
| the basic support systems needed to keep an economy going, including power, communications, transportation, water, sanitation, and education systems | infrastructure |
| taking existing elements of society and creating something new to meet a need | innovation |
| a graphic device that shows gender and age distribution of a population | population pyramid |
| the cultural change that occurs when individuals in a society accept or adopt an innovation | acculturation |
| a type of government in which citizens hold political power either directly or through elected representatives | democracy |
| the number of live births per total population, often expressed per thousand population | birthrate |
| a type of government in which an individual or a group holds complete political power | dictatorship |
| the average number of children a woman of childbearing years would have in her lifetime, if she had children at the current rate for her country | fertility rate |
| a type of economic system in which production of goods and services is determined by the demand from consumers | market economy |
| the rate at which population is growing, found by subtracting the mortality rate from the birthrate | rate of natural increase |
| these resources can be replaced through natural processes- example: trees and seafood | renewable resources |
| these resources cannot be replaced once they have been removed from the ground- example: metals like gold, silver, non-metals like gemstones, sulfur, and fossil fuels, petroleum, natural gas | non-renewable resources |
| these resources which are used for producing power are the result of solar or planetary processes and are unlimited in quantity- Example: sunlight, geothermal heat, winds, and tides | inexhaustible resources |
| involve gathering raw materials such as timber for immediate use or to use in the making of a final product | primary activities |
| involve adding value to materials by changing their form- manufacturing cars is an example | secondary activities |
| involve providing business or professional services- salespeople, teachers, doctors | tertiary activities |
| provide information, management, and research services by highly-trained people | quaternary activities |
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