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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Death Rate | The number of deaths compared to the total number of people. |
| Birth Rate | The number of births compared to the total amount of people. |
| Doubling Time | The amount of time it takes for earth's population to duplicate. |
| Population Distribution | The pattern of where people live on earth. |
| Population Density | How many people live in a place square miles. |
| Urban | Densely populated areas mostly cities |
| Rural | Sparsely populated areas. |
| Emigrate | To leave home to live somewhere else. |
| Immigrate | To liver enter new country. |
| Refugee | People who flee a country because of war or violence. |
| Urbanization | When cities grow larger and spread to other locations. |
| Megalopolis | Megalopolis A big cluster of cities with an enormous population. |
| Culture | A group of people with common racial, national, tribal, religious backgrounds. |
| Dialect | Variety of a language with unique features. |
| Cultural Region | A graphic area where people have traits in common. |
| Democracy | A system of government that is run by the people. |
| Representative Democracy | A democracy where people elect officials to represent people. |
| Monarch | Is a country run by a king or queen. |
| Dictatorship | A form of government where one person had power and control of the country. |
| Human Rights | The rights that belong to each and every individual. |
| Globalization | The process in which nations and countries mix. |
| Renewable Resource | Resources that can be replaced and that can be used again. |
| Nonrenewable Resource | A resource that you can only use once. |
| Economic System | How a society decides on the ownership. |
| Traditional Economy | One type of economic system. |
| Market Economy | Production is privately owned. |
| Command Economy | Public owned production. |
| Mixed Economy | Parts may be privately owned and parts may be publicly owned. |
| GDP | Total value of goods. |
| Standard of Living | A person or a group is measured by what it needs. |
| Productivity | Measurement of what is made in an economy. |
| Export | When a country sends a product to another country. |
| Free Trade | A group of countries that decide their tax. |
| Sustainability | The growth rate of a business. |