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7th Chap 3 Vocab
Chapter 3 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| death rate | number of deaths per year out of every 1,000 people |
| birth rate | number of births per year out of every 1,000 people |
| famine | severe lack of food |
| population density | average number of people love in a square mile or square kilometer |
| urbanization | growth of cities |
| emigrate | to leave a country and move to another |
| refugee | person who flees to another country to escape persecution or disaster |
| culture | way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs |
| ethnic group | people with a common language, history, religion, and some physical traits |
| dialect | local form of language that may have a distinct vocabulary and pronunciation |
| democracy | form of limited government in which power rests with the people, and all citizens share in running the government |
| dictatorship | form of government in which a leader rules by force and typically limits citizens' freedoms |
| monarchy | government led by a king or queen who inherited power by being born into a ruling family |
| civilization | highly developed culture |
| cultural diffusion | process of spreading ideas, languages, and customs from one culture to another |
| culture region | areas that includes different countries that have similar cultural traits |
| globalization | development of a worldwide culture with an interdependent economy |
| natural resource | material from the Earth that people use to meet their wants and needs |
| renewable resource | natural resource that can be replaced naturally and grown again |
| nonrenewable resource | natural resource such as a mineral that cannot be replaced |
| economic system | system that sets rules for deciding what goods and services to produce , how to produce them, and who will receive them |
| developed country | country with an economy that has a mix of agriculture, a great deal of manufacturing and service industries, and that is very productive and provides its people with a high standard of living |
| developing country | country that has limited industry, where agriculture remains important, and incomes are generally low |
| newly industrialized country | country that is creating new manufacturing and business |
| export | to sell goods or resources to other countries |
| import | to buy resources or goods from other countries |
| tariff | taxes |
| quota | number limit on how many items of a particular product can be imported from a certain nation |
| free trade | removal of trade restrictions so that goods flow freely among countries |
| interdependence | condition that exists when countries rely on each other for ideas, goods, services, and markets |
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