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7th Geo. Vocab. Ch.3
7th grade Geography Vocab. for Chapter # 3
| Definition | Word |
|---|---|
| A learned system of shared beliefs and ways of doing things that guuide a person's daily behavior | culture |
| Area of the world in which people share certain culture traits | culture region |
| Elements of culture such as dress, food, or religios beliefs | culture traits |
| Cultural groups of people who share learned beliefs and practices | ethnic groups |
| A mixture of different cultures within the same country or community | multicultural |
| A group of people who share inherited physical or biological traits | race |
| Te process of cultural changes that result from long-term contact with another society | acculturation |
| A word, shape, color, flag, or other sign that stands for something else | symbol |
| Seeing differences in another culture as inferior | ethnocentrism |
| The growing of a plant or taing of an animal by a people for their own use | domestication |
| A type of farming in which farmers grow just enough food to provide for themselves and their own families | subsistence agriculture |
| A type of farming in which farmers produce food for sale | commercial agriculture |
| A highle complex culture with growing cities and economic activity | civilization |
| Value of all goods and services that a country produces in one year within or outside the country | gross national product (GNP) |
| Value of all goods and services produced within a country | gross domestic product (GDP) |
| Countries that rely more on industry than agriculture | industrialized countries |
| Percent of people who can read and write | literacy rate |
| Countries in different stages of moving toward development | developing countries |
| Developing countries that lack economic opportunities | third-world countries |
| An economic system in which people, not government, decide what to make, sell, or buy | free enterprise |
| An economy in which business owners and consumers make decisions about what to make, sell, and buy | market economy |
| An economy in which the government owns most of the industries and makes most of the economic decisions | command economy |
| Exchanges of goods and services based on custom and tradition | tradtion-based economy |
| An exchange of goods and services based on at least two other types of economic systems | mixed economy |
| Economy based on a single crop, such as bananas, sugarcane, or cacao | one-crop economy |
| Products a country sells to other countries | exports |
| Products a country buys from other countries | imports |
| Depending on another country for resources or gooods and services | interdependence |
| Number of births per 1,000 people in a year | birthrate |
| Number of deaths per 1,000 people in a year | death rate |
| The average number of people living within a set area | population density |
| More people than a region or country can self-support | over population |
| Movement of people | migration |
| Person who leaves one place for another | emigrant |
| Person who arrives from another country | immigrant |
| Process in which connections around the world increase and cultures around the world share similar practices | globalization |
| Widely shared beliefs, tastes, goals, and practices | popular culture |
| People who flee to another country, usually for economic or political reasons | refugees |
| A great shortage of food | famine |
| Relationship between people and the environment | humanitarian aid |
| Periods when little rain falls and crops are damaged | droughts |
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