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Mrs. LeBlanc
Culture and Geography Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | farming and ranching |
| Citizenship | having rights and responsibilities as a member of a country |
| Cultural Diffusion | process of speading new knowledge and skills to other countries |
| Culture | way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs |
| Economy | how people of a country earn their incomes and provide for their needs |
| Ethnic Group | people who share a common culture, language or history |
| Exports | goods shipped out of a country to be sold or exchanged goods shipped out of a country to be sold or exchanged |
| Globalization | development of a world culture and interdependent world economy |
| GNP/GDP Per Capita | value of all goods and services provided in a country divided by the number of people in that country |
| Imports Imports | goods shipped into a country to be sold or exchanged |
| Infant Mortality Rate | number of deaths of infants under the age of one per 1000 live births |
| Interdependence | dependence of countries on one another for goods, raw materials to make goods, and markets in which to sell goods |
| Literacy Rate | percentage of people who can read and write |
| Majority Group | group in society that controls most of the wealth and power, not always the largest number |
| Manufacturing | the assembly of goods |
| Population Density | number of people living in a square mile or kilometer |
| Rural | relating to the countryside |
| Services | intangible products such as banking, cleaning, education and restaurants |
| Urban | related to the city |
| Urbanization | movement to cities |