World Geo Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Culture | The way of life that distinguishes a people, for example, government, language, religion, customs, and beliefs. |
Population density | The average number of people living in a given area. |
Birthrate | The number of births each year per 1,000 people. |
Immigrate | A person who moves into a country. |
Emigrant | A person who leaves a country to live elsewhere. |
Urbanization | The growth of city populations. |
Rural | Of, or characteristic of, the countryside. |
Culture hearth | A place in which important ideas begin and thereafter spread to surrounding cultures. |
Cultural convergence | The contact and interaction of one culture with another. |
Diffusion | The process by which a cultural element is transmitted from one group or individual to another. |
Cultural divergence | The restriction that distinguishes a people, for example, government, language, religion, customs, and beliefs. |
Sovereignty | A country's freedom and power to decide on politics |
Unitary system | A system of government in which one central government holds most of the political power. |
Federation | A government structure in which some powers are given to the national government and other powers are reserved for more local governments. |
Confederation | A system of government in which individual political units keep their sovereignty but give limited power to a central government. |
Authoritarian | Descriptive of a system of government in which the leaders hold all political power. |
Dictatorship | A system of government in which absolute power is held by a small group or one person. |
Totalitarianism | An economic system in which families produce goods and service for their own use, with little surplus and exchange of goods; also known as a subsistence economy. |
Monarchy | A system combining different degrees of government regulation. |
Democracy | A system of government in which the people are invested with the power to choose their leaders and determine government policy. |
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 substance economy. |
Market economy | An economic system in which decisions about production, price, and other economic factors are determined by the law of supply and demand. |
Command economy | An economic system that is controlled by a single central government. |
Natural Resource | Are materials in the natural environment that people value and use to satisfy their needs. |
Renewable Resources | Are constantly being regenerated or replaced by the environment. |
Nonrenewable Resources | A natural resource that cannot be replaced once it is used. |
Fossil Fuels | Any one of several nonrenewable mineral resources formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals and used for fuel. |
Nuclear Energy | A type of energy produced by fission- the splitting of uranium atoms in a nuclear reactor, releasing stored energy. |
Water Power | Energy produced from falling water to move machinery or generate electricity. |
Geothermal Energy | Energy produced from the earth's intense interior heat. |
Solar Energy | Energy produced by the sun. |
Primary Economic Activities | An economic activity that takes or uses natural resources directly, such as fishing or mining. |
Subsistence Farming | Farming that provides only enough for the needs of a family or a village. |
Commercial Farming | The raising of crops and livestock for sale in markets. |
Secondary Economic Activities | An economic activity in which people use raw materials to produce or manufacture new products of greater value. |
Cottage Industries | A small- scale manufacturing operation using little technology, often located in or near peoples homes. |
Commercial Industries | |
Tertiary Economic Activities | |
Quaternary Economic Activities | |
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Imports |
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