E. Hemisphere* Word Scramble
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Key Term | Definition |
CULTURAL TRAITS | the way people do things which are passed down from generation to generation |
ECONOMY | a system for producing, distributing, and consuming goods and services |
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT | a government system in which people elect representatives to run the countries affairs |
SOCIAL STRUCTURE | the ways in which people within a culture are organized into smaller groups and each smaller group has its own special tasks |
TECHNOLOGY | the tools and skills people need to do work |
AGRICULTURE | another word for farming |
CULTURE | the way of life of a group of people who have similar beliefs and customs |
PRODUCERS | people who make products used by other people |
SERVICES | work done for other people |
CONSTITUTIONS | sets of laws that define and often limit the government's power |
DEVELOPED NATION | a country with modern industries and a well developed economy |
FOREIGN AID | when governments help one another by providing gifts and loanc of money and military support |
PLANTATION | many workers grow a single crop on a specialized farm |
RENEWABLE RESOURCE | a resource that can be replaced |
SUBSISTENCE FARMING | when farmers raise only enough food and animals for their own families |
COMMERCIAL FARMING | agricultural work done by companies that own huge farms |
DEFORESTATION | the process of clearing land of forests |
ECOSYSTEM | a community of living things and their environment |
OZONE | a layer of gases in the upper part of our atmosphere |
RENEWABLE RESOURCE | a resource that can be replaced |
FOSSIL FUEL | an energy source that developed from the remains of ancient plants and animals |
MONARCHY | rule by a king or queen |
PENINSULA | a patch of land nearly surrounded by water |
PLATEAU | a large raised area of mostly level land |
RAIN SHADOW | an area on the dry, sheltered side of a mountain that receives little rainfall |
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