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Chapter 4 Geography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A system of government in which a small group holds power | oligarchy |
| A system of government in which one person rules with unlimited power and authority | autocracy |
| A system of government in which a hereditary king or queen holds supreme power | monarchy |
| A system of government in which those who rule are regarded as divinely inspired | Theocracy |
| A system of government in which leaders rule with consent of the citizens | Democracy |
| A system for describing city growth in terms of distinctive zones that develop from a central city outward in circles | Concentric Zone Model |
| A form of government in which all key powers are given to the national or central government | Unitary |
| The use of raw materials to make a new more valuable, tangible product | Secondary Economic Activities |
| the movement of population from rural areas to cities, often motivated by better political opportunities | urbanization |
| A border, often created by a treaty, which is not based on cultural or physical features | Geometric Boundaries |
| A group of related languages that all developed from an earlier language | Language Families |
| A means of tracking population change over time based on cultural or physical features | Demographic Transition |
| A system of resource management in which decisions about production and distribution of goods and services are made by a central authority | Command Economy |
| A means of explaining the distribution of patterns, size, and number of urban areas | Central Place Theory |
| A center where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions spread | Cultural Hearths |
| The period in the late 1700s and 1800s during which many countries experienced rapid cultural change as the developed power-driven machines and factories to mass-produce goods is known as the | Industrial Revolution |
| Even a country in which the birthrate and death rate are equal can experience population growth if it also has | migration |
| What type of economic activity do teachers perform? | Tertiary economic activity |
| The United States is an example of a(n) | More developed country |
| What factors would likely encourage a multinational corporation to locate its manufacturing operations in a less developed country? | Low labor costs |
| World trade is encouraged by the _________ of natural resources | Uneven distribution |
| What is the difference between a city and a metropolitan area? | A metropolitan area is the city and its surrounding suburbs |
| The _______ is an international organization dedicated to fostering cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and aspirations to achieve world peace | United Nations |
| Demography is the scientific study of | populations |
| Geographers divide the world into __________, which are areas in which people share a similar way of life, including language, religion, economic system, and values | Cultural Region |
| Traditional | Men and women have separated jobs and you are what your parents were |
| Command | The government controls everything |
| Market | Producers control the economy |
| Mixed | Both the government and the people control the economy |
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