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Chapter 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the total of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by members of a group. | Culture |
| a group that shares a geographic region, a common language, and a sense of identity and culture. | Society |
| a group of people who share language, customs, and a common heritage. | Ethnic Group |
| taking existing elements of society and creating something new to meet a need. | Innovation |
| the spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior to different societies. | Diffusion |
| the heartland or place of origin of a major culture; a site of innovation from which basic ideas, materials, and technology diffuse to other cultures. | Cultural Hearth |
| the cultural that occurs when individuals in a society accept or adopt an innovation. | Acculturation |
| a version of a language that reflects changes in speech patterns due to class, region, or cultural changes. | Dialect |
| the belief in a supernatural power or powers that are regarded as the creators and maintainers of the universe, as well as the system of beliefs itself. | Religion |
| the number of live births per total population, often expressed per thousand population. | Birthrate |
| the average number of children a women of childbearing years would have in her lifetime, if she had children at current rate for her country. | Fertility Rate |
| the number of deaths per thousand. | Mortality Rate |
| the number of deaths among infants under age one as measured per thousand live births. | Infant Mortality |
| also called population growth rate the rate at which population is growing, found by subtracting the mortality rate from the birthrate. | Rate of Natural Increase |
| a graphic device that shows gender and age distribution of a population. | Population Pyramid |
| Pull- a factor that draws or attracts people to another location. Push- a factor that causes people to another location. | Pull Factors |
| the number of organisms a piece of land can support without negative effects. | Carrying Capacity |
| the study of how people use space in cities. | Urban Geography |
| an area that is the center of business and culture and has a large population. | City |
| a political unit or community touching the borders of the central city or touching other suburbs that touch the city. | Suburb |
| a functional area including a city and its surrounding suburbs and exurbs, linked economically. | Metropolitan Area |
| the dramatic rise in the number of cities and the changes in lifestyle that result. | Urbanization |
| the core of a city, which is almost always based on commercial activity. | Central Business District (CBD) |
| the production and exchange of goods and services among a group of people. | Economy |
| the way people produces and exchange goods. | Economic System |
| a type of economic system in which production of goods and services is determined by a central government, which usually owns the means of production. Also called a planned economy. | Command Economy |
| a type of economic system in which production of goods and services is determined by the demand from consumers. Also called a demand economy or capitalism. | Market Economy |
| a material on or in the earth, such as a tree, fish, or coal, that has economic value. | Natural Resources |
| the basic support systems needed to keep an economy going, including power, communications, transportation, water, sanitation, and education system. | Infrastructure |
| the average amount of money earned by each person in a political unit. | Per Capita Income |
| the total value of all goods and services produced by a country in a period of time. | GNP |
| obtain (goods or a service) from an outside or foreign supplier, especially in place of an internal source | Outsourcing |
| the value of only goods and services produced by a country in a period of time. | GDP |
| international trade left to its natural course without tariffs, quotas, or other restrictions | Free- Trade Zones |
| Push- a factor that causes people to another location. | Push |
| a political term describing an independent unit that occupies a specific territory and has dull control of its internal and external affairs. | State |
| a group of people with a common culture living in a territory and having a strong sense of unity. | Nation |
| the name of a territory when a nation and a state occupy the same territory. | Nation-State |
| a type of government in which citizens hold political power either directly or though elected representatives. | Democracy |
| a type of government in which a ruling family headed by a king or queen holds political power and may or may not share the power with citizens bodies. | Monarchy |
| a type of government in which an individual or a group holds complete political power. | Dictatorship |
| the government controls most of a country's means of production and the distribution. | Socialism |
| a system in which the government holds nearly all political power and the means of production. | Communism |
| having no outlet to the sea. | Landlocked |
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Savannah Price