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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Command economy | A system in which the central government makes all economic decisions. |
| Gross Domestic Product | The total value of all the goods and services produced in a country in one year. |
| infrastructure | The set of resources, like roads and factories, that a country needs to support economic activities. |
| Market economy | An economic system based on free trade and competition. |
| Ethnic group | A group of people who share a common culture and ancestry |
| Middle latitudes | this is where temperate climates occur. |
| Pull factor | A social, political, economic or environmental attraction of a new area that drew people away from their previous location |
| communism | the type of government in which the government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country. |
| imperialism | an attempt to dominate a country’s government, trade, and culture. |
| capital good | A productive resource consisting of human-made materials needed to produce goods and services. |
| initiative | a petition process by which voters can put a proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot. |
| parliamentary monarchy | type of government is ruled by a queen, but all laws are passed and enforced by an elected parliament |
| dynasty | A series of rulers from the same family. |
| common wealth | A self –governing territory associated with another country. |
| globalization | The process in which countries are increasingly linked to each other. |
| culture region | - An area in which people have many shared culture traits |
| diffusion | The spread of people, ideas, technology and products among places. |
| arabic | the dominant culture that spreads across the country borders of North Africa and the Middle East. |
| interdependence | The reliance of one country on the resources, goods, or services of another country. |
| absolute location | A specific description of where a place is located often expressed using latitude and longitude. |