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Geography Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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adaptation | a change in a way of life because of living somewhere new |
civil war | war between two or more groups inside one country |
colonialism | when one country rules another area as a colony. The country has power over trade. |
indigenous people | people who lived in an area first, before other people took it over. |
subsistence farming | farming that gives food for the people who work on the farm. There is not a lot of extra to sell. |
Apartheid | a rule that separates people according to race. |
genocide | the killing of a group of people based on race, ethnicity, or religion |
multiracial | made up of people from many races |
segregation | the separation of one group of people from another, such as by race |
distribution | the way people or things are spread out over an area or space |
coup d' etat | when a government is taken over by someone |
political boundaries | the line between countries or states |
democracy | a government controlled by many people |
dictatorship | a government controlled by one person |
United Nations (UN) | a group of countries working together for peace |
British Empire | the United Kingdom and many places in the world they control |
zionism | an idea for Jewish people to return to their traditional homeland |
anti-semitism | hatred towards Jewish people |
conflict | when two people or groups have a problem |
economics | the study of money and the buying and selling of goods |
trade | the movement of goods and services between countries |
free trade | the movement of goods and services from country to country with little or no government control. |
multinational corporation | a business with offices in many different countries |
globalization | a making of a world where people, money, information, and goods go easily from country to country. |
fair trade | the movement of goods and services where the worker has good working conditions and makes enough money to live |
Human Development Index (HDI) | a number that shows how well people in a country live |
import | something that comes into country to be sold |
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) | all of the money made (all of the goods/services produced) in a country in one year |
per capita | per person/for each person |
export | something that leaves a country to be sold |
renewable resource | a resource that can’t be used up or can be replaced quickly |
surface culture | the part of culture that is easy to see or hear |
deep culture | the beliefs and ideas (the part that is not easy to see or hear). |
cultural innovation | change to a culture that comes from within (ideas or inventions) |
cultural diffusion | change to a culture that comes from another culture |