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Chapter 3 & 4 Vocabulary

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show The way of life that distinguishes a people, for example, government, language, religion, customs, and beliefs.  
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show The average number of people living in a given area.  
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show The number of live births each year per 1,000 people.  
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show A person who moves into a country.  
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Emigrant   show
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Urbanization   show
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Rural   show
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Culture Hearth   show
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show The contact and interaction of one culture with another.  
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show The process by which a cultural element is transmitted from one group or individual to another.  
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Cultural Divergence   show
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show A country's freedom and power to decide on policies and actions.  
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show A system of government in which one central government holds most of the political power.  
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show 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   show
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show Descriptive of a system of government in which the leaders hold all political power.  
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show A system of government in which absolute power is held by a small group or one person.  
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show A system of government in which a central authority controls all aspects of society.  
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show A system of authoritarian government headed by a monarch-a king, queen, shah, or sultan-whose position is usually inherited.  
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Democracy   show
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show An economic 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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show An economic 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   show
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show A material in the natural environment that people value and use to satisfy their needs.  
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show A natural resource that the environment continues to supply or replace as it is used.  
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Nonrenewable Resource   show
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Fossil Fuel   show
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Nuclear Energy   show
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Water Power   show
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Geothermal Energy   show
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show Energy produced by the sun.  
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show An economic activity that takes or uses natural resources directly: such as fishing or mining.  
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Subsistence Farming   show
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Commercial Farming   show
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Secondary Economic Activity   show
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Cottage Industry   show
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Commercial Industry   show
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show An economic activity in which people do not directly gather or process raw materials but pursue activities that server others; service industry.  
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Quaternary Economic Activity   show
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Export   show
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Import   show
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