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| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| A self –governing territory associated with another country. | Commonwealth |
| A territory inhabited and controlled by people from a foreign land. | Colony |
| A productive resource consisting of human-made materials needed to produce goods and services. | Capital Good |
| a petition process by which voters can put a proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot. | Initiative |
| A drastic change in a country’s government and way of life. | Revolution |
| The total value of all the goods and services produced in a country in one year. | Gross Domestic Product |
| An economic system based on free trade and competition. | Market Economy |
| a resource that Earth replaces naturally, such as water, soil, trees, plants, and animals. | Renewable Resource |
| are the people who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, or economy. | Human Resources |
| A specific description of where a place is located often expressed using latitude and longitude. | Absolute Location |
| The spread of people, ideas, technology and products among places. | Diffusion |
| The process in which countries are increasingly linked to each other. | Globalization |
| the type of climate that changes with elevation. | Highland |
| Sunny, warm summers and mild, wet winters is a description of this type of climate. | Mediterranean |
| this is where temperate climates occur. | Middle Lattitudes |
| a natural quality of the Earth’s surface that includes land formations and vegetation zones. | Physical Feature |
| includes climates like, Mediterranean, humid subtropical and marine west coast. | Temperate Zone |
| The set of beliefs, values, and practices that a group of people have in common. | Culture |
| A group of people who share a common culture and ancestry. | Ethnic group |
| When measuring the lines of latitude, always begin with this line, which represents 0 degrees | Equator |