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Birth Rate birth rate is the number of babies born compared to the total number of individuals in a population at a given time
Death rate is the number of deaths compared to the total number of individuals 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 on Earth is uneven as well.
population density the average number of people living within a square mile or a square kilometer.
Urban They are densely populated.
Rural They are sparsely populated.
Emigrate To leave one’s home to live in another place.
Immigrate Closely related to emigration, but it does not mean the same thing. To immigrate means “to enter and live in a new country.”
Refugee People who flee a country because of violence, war, or persecution.
Urbanization It happens when cities grow larger and spread into surrounding areas.
Megalopolis A huge city or cluster of cities with an extremely large population
Culture It is the set of beliefs, behaviors, and traits shared by a group of people
Ethnic group It is a group of people with a common racial, national, tribal, religious, or cultural background.
Dialect a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group.
Cultural region It is a geographic area in which people have certain traits in common.
Democracy People are free to propose laws and policies. Citizens then vote to decide which laws and policies will be set in place. When people run the government, their rights and freedoms are protected.
Representative Democracy Citizens elect representatives to run the country’s affairs.
Monarch It is usually a king, a queen, a prince, or a princess who runs the country.
Dictatorship People who live under a dictatorship often have few rights. With absolute power, a dictator can make laws with no concern for how just, fair, or practical the laws are.
Human rights a right that is believed to belong justifiably to every person.
Globalization It is the process by which nations, cultures, and economies become integrated, or mixed.
Renewable resource They are resources that can be totally replaced or are always available naturally. They can be regenerated and replenished. Examples of renewable resources include water, trees, and energy from the wind and the sun.
Nonrenewable resource Once nonrenewable resources are consumed, they are gone. Examples of nonrenewable resources include the fossil fuels oil, coal, and natural gas.
Economic system a system of production, resource allocation, exchange and distribution of goods and services in a society or a given geographic area
Traditional economy resources are distributed mainly through families. Traditional economies include farming, herding, and hunter-gatherer societies.
Market Economy also referred to as capitalism. In market economies, the means of production are privately owned. Production is guided and income is distributed through sales and demand for products and resources.
Command economy The means of production are publicly owned, and production and distribution are controlled by a central governing authority. Communism is a form of a command economy.
Mixed economy Parts of the economy may be privately owned, and parts may be owned by the government or another authority.
GDP It is the total dollar value of all final goods and services produced in a country during a single year.
Standard of living It is the level at which a person, a group, or a nation lives as measured by the extent to which it meets its needs.
productivity It is a measurement of what is produced and what is required to produce it.
Export send to another country, a product that it is able to produce
Free trade international trade left to its natural course without restrictions.
Sustainability able to be maintained at a certain rate or level.
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