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PBW study words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 8-FOLD PATH | the set of rules that Buddhists are prescribed to follow. |
| MECCA | Muslims are required to make a pilgrimage to what place in Saudi Arabia at least once during their lives. |
| THE MIDDLE WAY | Buddha taught that this is the best way for Buddhists to live their lives. |
| HUMAN RESOURCES | are the people who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, or economy. |
| 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. |
| ANARCHY | is the absence of political authority, rule, order or common purpose. |
| IMPERIALISM | an attempt to dominate a country’s government, trade, and culture. |
| DYNASTY - | A series of rulers from the same family. |
| ABSOLUTE LOCATION | A specific description of where a place is located often expressed using latitude and longitude. |
| DESERTIFICATION - | The loss of soil fertility and plant life |
| TEMPERATE ZONE | includes climates like, Mediterranean, humid subtropical and marine west coast |
| GANDHI. | the Hindu who led the Indian Independence movement with his philosophy of nonviolent resistance. |
| KORAN | the holy writings of Islam. |
| NIRVANA . | Buddha taught that a person could escape suffering and reach this peaceful state. |
| RENEWABLE RESOURCE | a resource that Earth replaces naturally, such as water, soil, trees, plants, and animals. |
| COMMUNISM | the type of government in which the government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country. |
| COMMONWEALTH | A self –governing territory associated with another country. |
| DIFFUSION | The spread of people, ideas, technology and products among places. |
| REFUGEE | When people flee to another country because of political, social or economic unrest. |