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World Geo
11-20 vocabulary words
Term | Definition |
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Birthrate | The ratio of total live births to total population in a specified community or area over a specified period of time. |
Death Rate | the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area. |
Population Density | The number of individuals, such as inhabitants or housing units, per unit of area. |
Urban | Characteristic of a city or town. |
Rural | Characteristic of the countryside rather than the town. |
Uninhabitable | Not capable of being lived in. |
Capitalism | An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately or corporately owned and development is proportionate to the accumulation and reinvestment of profits gained in a free market. |
Market Economy | An economy that operates by voluntary exchange in a free market and is not planned or controlled by a central authority. |
Command Economy | An economy that is planned and controlled by a central administration. |
Commercial Farming | a large-scale production of crops for sale, intended for widespread distribution to wholesalers or retail outlets. |