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Geography Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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