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Ch.3,4 vocab

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Culture   the way of life that distinguishes a people, for example, government, language, religion,customs, and beliefs  
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Population density   The average number of people living in a given area  
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birthrate   the number of live births each year per 1,000 people  
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immigrant   a person who moves into a country  
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emigrant   a person who leaves a country to live elsewhere  
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urbanization   the growth of city populations  
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rural   of,or characteristic of, the countryside  
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culture hearth   a place in which important ideas being and thereafter spread to surrounding cultures  
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cultural convergence   the contact and interaction of one culture with another  
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diffusion   the process by which a culture element is transmitted from one group or individual to another  
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cultural divergence   the restricted of a culture from outside influence  
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sovereignty   A country's freedom and power to decide on policies and actions  
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unitary system   A system of government in which one central government holds most of the political power  
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federation   A government structure in which some powers are given to the national government and other powers are reserved for more local governments  
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confederation   a system of government in which individual political units keep their sovereignty but give limited power to a central government  
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authoritarian   Descriptive of a system of government in which the leaders hold all political power  
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dictatorship   A system of government in which absolute power is held by a small group or one person  
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totalitarianism   A system of government in which authority controls all aspects of society  
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monarchy   A system of authority government headed by a monarch-a king, queen, shah, or sultan-whose position is usually inherited  
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democracy   A system of government in which the people are invested with the power to choose their leaders and determine government policy  
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traditional economy   An economy system in which families produce goods and services for their own use, with little surplus and exchange of goods; also know as a subsistence economy  
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market economy   An economy system in which decisions about production, price, and other economic factors are determined by the law of supply and demand  
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command economy   An economic system that is controlled by a single central government  
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natural resource   a material in the natural environment that people value and use to satisfy their needs  
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renewable resource   a natural resource that the environment continues to supply or replace as it is used  
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nonrenewable resource   a natural resource that cannot be replaced once it is used  
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fossil fuel   any one of several nonrenewable mineral resource formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals and used for fuel  
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nuclear energy   a type of energy produced by fission the splitting of uranium atoms in a nuclear reactor releasing stored energy  
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water power   energy produced from falling water to move machinery or generate electricity  
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geothermal energy   energy produced from the earth's intense interior heat  
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solar energy   energy produced by the sun  
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Primary economic activity   An economic activity that takes or uses natural resources directly, such as fishing or mining  
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subsistence farming   Farming that provides only enough for the needs of a family or village  
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commercial farming   The raising of crops and livestock for sale in markets  
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secondary economic activity   An economic activity in which people use raw materials to produce or manufacture new products of greater values  
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cottage industry   a small-scale manufacturing operation using little technology, often located in or near people's homes  
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commercial industry   a large-scale manufacturing operation that employs many people and produces large quantities of goods  
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tertiary economic activity   an economic activity in which people do not directly gather or process raw materials but pursue activities that serve others; service industry  
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quaternary economic ativity   An economic activity that focuses on the acquisition, processing, and sharing of information, such as education or research  
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export   an item that is sent out of the country for sale  
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import   an item that is brought into the country for sale  
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