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Culture | The way of life that distinguishes a people, for example government, lauguage, religion customs, and beliefs.
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Population Density | The average number of people living in a given area.
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Birthrate | The number of live births each year per 1,000 people.
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Immagrant | A person who moves into a country.
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Emigrant | A person who leaves a country to live elsewhere.
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Urbanization | The growth of city populations.
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Rural | Of, or characteristic of, the countryside.
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Culture Hearth | A place in which important ideas begin and thereafter spread to surrounding cultures.
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Cultural Convergence | The contact and interaction of one culture with another.
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Diffusion | The process by which a cultural element is transmitted from one group or individual to another.
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Cultural Divergence | The restriction of a culture from outside influences.
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Sovereignty | A country's freedom and power to decide on policies and actions.
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Unitary system | A system of government in which one central government holds most of the political power.
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Federation | A government structure in which some powers are given to the national government and other powers are reserved for more local governments.
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Confederation | A system of government in which individual political units keep their sovereignty but give limited power to a central government.
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Authoritarian | Descriptive of a system of government in which the leaders hold all political power.
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Dictatorship | A system of government in which absolute power is held by a small group or one person.
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Totalitarianism | A system of government in which a central authority controls all aspects of society.
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Monarchy | A system of authoritian government headed by a monarch-a king, queen, shah, or sultan- whose position is usually inherited.
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Democracy | A system of government in which the people are invested with the power to choose their leaders and determine government policy.
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Traditional Economies | An economic system in which families produce goods and services for their own use, with little surplus and exchange of goods; also known as a subsistence economy.
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Market Economy | An economic system in which decisions about production, price, and other economic factors are determined by the law of supply and demand.
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Command Economy | An economic system that is controlled by a single central government.
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