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Geo Ch 4
Human World
Question | Answer |
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number of deaths per thousand, per year | DEATH RATE |
number of births per year,per thousand | birth rate |
study of population | demography |
birthrate minus death rate (growth rate) | natural increase |
death rate minus birthrate=0 | 0 population growth |
pattern of human settlement | population distribution |
city and the surrounding urbanized area | metroplitan area |
average number of people living on a square mile of square kilometer (total population/total land) | population density |
movement of people from place to place | migration |
moving from country of birth | emigrate |
moving to a country | immigrate |
people who flee to escape persecution/disaster | refugee |
the way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs, including religion, language, history , art, government, and economy | culture |
strongest unifying force in a culture | language |
local form of a language that differs form the main language | dialect |
scientists who study language | linguists |
hinduism, buddhism, judaism, christianity, islam | five major religions |
most important group | family |
people ranked according to ancestry, wealth, and education | social classes |
people who share a common language, history and place of origin | ethnic group |
maintaions order, provides protection, supplies services | government |
how people produce, obtain, use , and sell goods and services | economy |
how geographers divide earth into regions by common characteristics | culture regions |
spreading new knowledge and skills from one culture to another (movement) | cultural diffusion |
herders and hunters who had no fixed home, searching for food, water, and grazing land | nomads |
shift from gathering food to producing food | agricultural revolution |
highly organized city-based societies with advanced knowledge of farming, trade, government, art, science | civilizations |
people leave one land to live in another | permanent migration |
countries use powerdriven machines and factories to mass-produce goods; left farms for cities (1700's/1800's) | industrial revolution |
computers link cultures more closely than ever before(end of 1900's) | information revolution |
freedom from outside control | sovereignty |
key powers to national or central government | unitary system |
power is divided between national and state or provincial government | federal system |
a loose union of independent states | confederation |
power and authority with one person | autocracy |
king or queen; can be absolute or constitutional | monarchy |
small group holds power | oligarchy |
leaders rule with the consent of the people | democracy |
people decide on issues(none today) | direct democracy |
voters elect all major officials(u.s.) | republic |
habit and custom determine rules | traditional economy |
based of free enterprise;individuals and private groups make decisions | market economy |
people have right to make profit with little government interference | free enterprise |
free enterprise | capitalism |
government supports and regulates free enterprise(u.s. today) | mixed economy |
government owns or direct means of production and control distribution of goods | command economy |
strict government control of entire society,including economy | communism |
free enterprise along with govenment-run activites | socialism |
elements that are not made by people but are used by them for food, fuel, etc | natural resources |
cannot be used up or can be replaced naturally | renewable resources |
cannot be replaced | nonrenwable resources |
taking resources from earth (farming, mining, forestry) | primary sector |
use raw materials to produce goods (automobiles, electric power, pottery) | secondary sector |
provide services (doctors, teachers, lawyers,retail) | tertiary sector |
info. processing, management, distribution (research, IT) | quarternary sector |
a country with much technology and manufacturing; high standard of living | developed countries |
poor standard of living (africa, asia, latin america) | developing countries |
can transform developing country to developed | industrialization |
militant groups use violence to create fear in population | terrorism |
does business in many parts of world; headquarters in developed country, labor in developing country | multinational company |
tax on imported goods | tariff |
limit number of items from a particular country | quota |
banning trade | embargo |
the removal of trade barriers | free trade |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade | GATT |