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RR Wld Geo U 6
RoughRider World Geography Unit 6
Question | Answer |
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industrialization | Change in society from agriculture to manufacturing often because the resources in the region need to be used |
unification | the act of combining two or more groups, etc. to make a single group of country; made easier when the groups have similar languages or ethnic background |
pull factor | condition that attracts (pulls) people to move to a new area |
Ex | economic opportunity (chance to make more money) |
What was the factor most contributed to the European boundries being redrawn in the 1990s? | ethnicity |
economic policy | actions (or inactions) taken by the government to influence economic actions |
socialism | the government owns all the economic resources and makes economic decisions |
communism | An extreme form of socialism when the government owns everything and there is no private ownership. |
standard of living | a measure of quality of life based on the amounts and kinds of goods and services a person can buy |
high standard of living | people will live longer (high life expectancy); fewer babies will die (low infant mortality) |
low standard of living | people will not live as long (low life expectancy); more babie will die (high infant mortality |
polder | land created by the Dutch by draining water from an area; this requires some technology |
marine west coast climate | mild rainy winters, with cool summers; influenced by the ocean |
deforestation | the removal of trees |
mediterranean climate | climate found across Southern Europe; it features warm and sunny summer days, mild evenings, and cooler, rainy winters |
free enterprise | An economic system in which people are able to start and run their own businesses with little control by the government. |
economic structure of France | leans more toward Socialism than Free Enterprise |
cultural identity | group members recognize themselves by those patterns of culture (language, religion, etc.) |
desalination | removing salt from sea water |
Catholicism | the beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church that have influenced Europe so much that most of Europe is Catholic or another Christian religion |
Who is immigrating to Europe?1 | Mostly Muslims who are practicing the Islamic religion |
cultural diffusion | The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another; can be seen in religion of Europe (Christian). |
terrorism | the use of violence by groups AGAINST CIVILIANS (not soldiers) to win a political goal |
high speed railways | high speed trains that carry people in and out of the capital cities in Europe |
Why use high speed railways? | businessmen need to travel without staying overnight; tourism; EU has connected the countries politically and wants to make it easier to work and trade with other countries. |
What is the economic development of Europe | quaternary |