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China Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Urbanization | The process of a place growing and becoming a city. |
Neolithic Revolution | The time in history when people began to change from hunters and gathers to producers of food. |
Cultural Region | Is an area where people share common cultural characteristics, such as beliefs, foods, language, ways of dress, and style of homes. |
Topographical Map | A map that shows the height of the land. |
Diffusion | The spread of new ideas, practices, and products from one place to another. |
Cartography | The making of maps. |
State of Nature | The condition of a group of people when there is no government or structure. |
Capital resources | Tools, machines, and factories used to make goods. |
Government | The structure that makes decisions for a group of people. |
Political Map | A map that shows man made political boundaries. |
Traditional Economy | Oldest type of economy where people simply do whatever their ancestors did for a living. |
Command Economy | When the government decides how scarcity and resources will be handled by choosing what should be made, how it should be made, and who should get the product or service. |
Compare | To examine and find similarities and differences. |