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social studies

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number of deaths per year out of every 1000 people.   death rate  
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number of children born each year for every 1000 people.   birthrate  
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severe lack of food.   famine  
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average number of people living in a square mile or square killometer.   population density  
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growth of cities   urbanization  
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to leave a country and move to another   emigrate  
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a person who flees to another country to escape persecution or disaster   refugee  
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way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs   culture  
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people wiht a common language, history, religon, and some physical traits   ethnic group  
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local form of a language that may have a distinct vocabulary and pronunciation   dialect  
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form of limited government in which power rests with the people, and all citizens share in running the government   democracy  
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form of government in which a leader rules by force and typically limits citizens freedoms   dictatorship  
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government led by king or quenn who inherited power by being born into ruling family   monarchy  
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highly developed culture   civilization  
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process of spreading ideas, languages and customs from one culture to another   culture diffusion  
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area that includes different countries that share similar culture traits   culture region  
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development of a worldwide culture with an interdependent economy   globalization  
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material from the earth that people use to meet their needs   natural resources  
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natural resource that can be replaced naturally or grown again   renewable resource  
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natural resource such as a mineral that cannot be replaced   nonrenewable resource  
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system that sets rules for deciding what goods and services to produce, how to produce them , and who will receive them   economic system  
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country with an economy that has a mix of agriculture, a great deal of manufacturing, and service industries and that is very productive and provides its people with a high standard of living   developed country  
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country that has limited industry where agricultures remains important, incomes and generally low   developing country  
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country that is creating new manufacturing and business   newly industrialized country  
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to sell goods or resources to other countries   export  
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to buy resources or goods from other countries   import  
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tax added to the piece of goods that are imported   tariff  
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number limit on how many items of a particular product can be imported form a certain nation   quota  
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removal of trade restrictions so that goods flow freely among countries   free trade  
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condition that exists when countries rely on each other for ideas, goods, services and markets   interpendence  
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