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Chap 3 Review
Population, Culture, Gov, Econ, Resources
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Death rate- | the number of deaths compared to the total number of people in a population at a given time |
| Birthrate- | the number of babies born compared to the total number of people in a population at a given time |
| Doubling time- | the number of years it takes a population to double in size based on its current growth rate |
| Population distribution- | the geographic pattern of where people live |
| Population density- | the average number of people living in a square mile or a square kilometer |
| Urban- | describes an area that is densely populated |
| Rural- | describes an area that is lightly populated |
| Emigrate- | to leave one's home to live in another place |
| Immigrate- | to enter and live in a new country |
| Refugee- | a person who flees a country because of violence, war, persecution, or disaster |
| Urbanization- | when a city grows larger and spreads into nearby areas |
| Megalopolis- | a huge city or cluster of cities with an extremely large population |
| Culture | the set of beliefs, behaviors, and traits shared by a group of people |
| Ethnic group | a group of people with a common racial, national, tribal, religious, or cultural background |
| Dialect | a regional variety of a language with unique features, such as vocabulary, grammar, or pronunciation |
| Cultural region | a geographic area in which people have certain traits in common |
| Democracy | a type of government run by the people |
| Representative democracy | a form of democracy in which citizens elect government leaders to represent the people |
| Monarchy | the system of government in which a country is ruled by a king or queen |
| Dictatorship | a form of government in which one person has absolute power to rule and control the government, the people, and the economy |
| Human rights | the rights belonging to all individuals freedoms and rights, such as freedom of speech, that all people should enjoy |
| Globalization | the process by which nations, cultures, and economies become mixed |
| Renewable resources | a resource that can be totally replaced or is always available naturally |
| Nonrenewable resources | the resources that cannot be totally replaced |
| Economic system | how a society decides on the ownership and distribution of its economic resources |
| Traditional economy | an economy where resources are distributed mainly through families |
| Market/Capitalist economy | an economy in which most of the means of production are privately owned |
| Communist/Command economy | an economy in which the means of production are publicly owned |
| Mixed/Socialist economy | an economy in which parts of the economy are privately owned and parts are owned by the government |
| Gross domestic product (GDP) | the total dollar value of all final goods and services produced in a country during a single year |
| Standard of living | the level at which a person, group, or nation lives as measured by the extent to which it meets its needs |
| Productivity | the measurement of what is produced and what is required to produce it |
| Export | to send a product produced in one country to another country |
| Import | when a country brings in a product from another country |
| Free trade | arrangement whereby a group of countries decides to set little or no tariffs on quotas |
| Sustainability | the condition where all resources for meeting the needs of society are available. |
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