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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A learned system of shared beliefs and ways of doing things that guides a persons daily behavior | Culture |
| When a culture dominates a certain region. | Culture region |
| Culture traits or elements of culture, such as dress, food, or religious beliefs. | Culture traits |
| Cultural groups share beliefs and practices learned from parents, grandparents, and ancestors. | Ethnic groups |
| Based on inherited physical or biological traits. | Race |
| When people sometimes borrow aspects of another culture as the result of long-term contact with another society. | Acculturation |
| A sign that stands for something else. | Symbol |
| The gradual change of wild plants and animals to be used by people. | Domestication |
| Farmers that grow just enough food for themselves and their family's. | Subsistence Agriculture |
| When Farmers grow enough food for everyone. Each farm is large and may only grow one product. | Commercial Agriculture |
| When a culture becomes highly complex | Civilization |
| Activities that directly involve natural resources or raw materials. | Primary Industries |
| Change the raw materials created by primary activities into finished products. | Secondary Industries |
| They handle goods that are ready to be sold to consumers. | Tertiary Industries |
| They have specialized skills, they work mostly with information instead of goods. | Quaternary Industries |
| is the value of all goods and services that a country produces in one year. | Gross National Product |
| GDP includes only those goods and services produced within a country. | Gross Domestic Product |
| They are the second group. They are in different stages of moving toward development. | Developing Countries |
| Companies are free to make whatever goods they wish based on what people buy. | Free Enterprise |
| The things that determine what goods are produced in an economy. | Factors of Production |
| People who start businesses in a free enterprise system | Entrepreneurs |
| Business owners and customers make decisions about what to make, sell, and buy. | Market Economy |
| Is one that is based on custom and tradition. | Traditional Economy |
| Voters elect leaders and rule by majority. | Democracy |
| The government has total control over their citizens. | Unlimited Government |
| When government leaders are held accountable by citizens through their constitutions and the democratic process. | Limited Government |
| A rapidly growing population can strain a countries resources and lead to scarcity, when demand is greater then supply. | Scarcity |
| Is the maximum number of a species that can be supported by an area's scarce resources. | Carrying Capacity |