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geography test 1
Question | Answer |
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authoritarian | leaders have almost to all political power |
democracy | a constitutionaql monarchy can also be a democracy |
emigrant | people who leave the country an dlive in another |
culture hearth | refers to a placfe where important ideas begin and from which they spread to surrounding cultures |
totalitareianism | were government tries to control every part of society ( politics, economy,and peoples lives |
birthrate | the # of live births each year per 1,000 ppl |
immigrant | people who move into the country |
urbanization | the growth of city populations |
federation | where some power is given to the national governmant and othr powers are reserverd for more local governments |
sovereignty | a nation's freedom from outside control |
diffusion | cultural element is transmitted across some distance form one group to another |
confederation | smaller political units keep their sivereignty and give the central governments verry limmited powers |
populatin density | the average # of poeple in a square mile or a square kilometer |
cuture | the beliefs and actions that define a group of peoples way of life |
cultural divergence | the restriction of a culture from outside cultural infuences |
market economy | an economic system that gives great freedom to individuals and groups |
traditional economy | little surplus is perduced, and there is relatively little need for markets were people can buy or sell goods |
monarchy | inherit their positions by being born into the ruling family( kings,queens,pharaohs,shahs,sultans) |
command economy | and economic system is controlled by a single,central government |
commercial industries | a large-scale manufacturing operation that employs many ppl and produces large qualitys of goods |
geothermal energy | is energy that comes from the earth's interal heat |
primary | when u produce somthing and keep it for its value |
secondary | when u produce somthing and you add value to it |
tertiary | are peolpe who come when services are required |
quatnary | someone who uses information |
exports | goods that are being sent out of one country and to another |
fossil fuels | a nonrenewable resorce, which form from the remains of ancient plants and animals |
renweable resorces | a natural resorce that is constantly being regenerated or replaced by the environment |
nonrenewable resorces | cant be replaced once the have been used |
subsistance farming | when u grow food only to eat the food and that is it |