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Chapter 3 vocabulary

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Culture   the way of life that distinguishes a people, for example, government, language, 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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immigrant   a person who moves into the country  
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emigrant   a person who leaves the country to live elsewhere  
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urbanization   the growth of city populations.  
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rural   of, or characteristic of, the countreyside  
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cultural 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 bt 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 the government controls the means of production determining what goods will be made how much workers will be paid and how much items will cost  
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authoritarion   descriptive of a system of government in which the leaders hold all political power  
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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 economy   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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comommand economy   an economic system that is controlled by a single central government.  
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traditional economy   an economic system in which families produce goods and services for their own use with  
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market economy   an economic system in which decisions about production price and other economic factors are detemined by the law of supply and demand  
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totalitarianism   a system of government in which a central authority controls all aspectsof society  
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Primary economic activity   an economic activity that take or uses natural resources directly such as fishing or mining  
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subsistence farming   farming that provides only enough for the needs of a family or a village  
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secondary economic activity   an economic activity in which people use raw materials to produce or manufacture new products of greater value  
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cottage industry   a small scale manufacturing operation using little technology often located in or neat peoples homes  
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commercial industry   a large scale manufacturing operation that employs many people and produces large quantities of goods  
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tertiary economic activity    
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Quaternary economic activity    
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ecport   an item that is sent out of the country for sale  
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import   an item that is brought into the country for sale  
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natural resoure   a material in the natural environment that people value and use to satisfy their needs  
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renewabale resource    
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nonrenewable resource   a natural resource that cannot be replaced once it is used  
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fossil fuel   any one of several nonrenewable mineral resources formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals and used for fuel  
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nuclear energy   a type of energy produced by fission the splitting of uranium atoms in a nuclear reactor releasing stored energy  
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water power    
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geothermal energy   energy produced from the earths intense interior heat  
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solar energy   energy produced by the sun  
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