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W. Geo. Ch 4 vocab
Ch. 4 terms and vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The number of deaths per year for every 1,000 people. | Death Rate |
| the number of births per year for every 1,000 people. | Birth Rate |
| The growth rate of a population; the difference between birthrate and death rate | Natural Increrase |
| The number of years it takes a population to double in size. | Doubling Time |
| The pattern of poulation in a country, a continent, or the world. | Population Distribution |
| The average number of people in a square mile or square kilometer. | Population Density |
| The movement of people from place to place. | Migration |
| Way of life of a goup of people who share beliefs and similair customs. | Culture |
| Group of related languages that have all developed from one earlier language. | Language Family |
| group of people who share common ancestry, language,religion, customs, or combination of such characteristics. | Ethnic Group |
| Division of the earth based on a variety of factors, including government, social groups, economic systems, language, or religion. | Culture Region |
| The spread of new knowledge and skills from one culture to another. | Cultural Diffusion |
| A center where cultures developed from and which ideas and traditions spread outward. | Culture hearth |
| A government in which all key powers are given to the vational or central government. | Unitary system |
| Form of government in which powers are divided between the national government and the state or provincial government. | Federal System |
| Government in which a single individual posesses the power and authority to rule. | Autocracy |
| System of government in which a small group holds power. | oligarchy |
| Any system of government in which leaders rule with consent of the citizens. | Democracy |
| A system in which tradition and custom control all economic activity; exists only in a few parts of the world today. | Traditional Economy |
| An economic system based on free enterprise, in which businesses are privately owned, and production and prices are determined by supply and demand. | Market Economy |
| An economy in which the government supports and regulate enterprise through decisions that affect the marketplace. | Mixed Economy |
| Economic system in which economic decisions about production and distribution are made by some central authority. | Command Economy |
| Substance from the earth that is not made by people but can be used by them. | Natural Resource |
| Country that has a great deal of technology and manufacturing. | Developed Country |
| country in the process of becoming industrialized. | Developing Country |
| Transition from an agricultural society to one based on industry. | Industrialization |
| The removal of trade barriers so that goods can flow freely between countries. | Free Trade |
| The existance of impure, unclean, or poisonous substances in the air, water, or land. | Pollution |