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20 Cards in this Set
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culture
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way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs
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ethnic group
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people who share a common history, language, religion, and physical characteristics |
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dialect
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local form of a language that differs from the main language in pronunciation or the meaning of the words |
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democracy |
government in which leaders rule with consent of the citizens |
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cultural diffusion |
the process of spreading new knowledge and skills to other cultures |
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civilization |
A highly developed culture |
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death rate |
A number of people out of every 1000 whe die in a year. |
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birthrate |
A number of children born each year for every 1000 people. |
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urbanization |
Movement to cities |
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emigrate |
to move to another country |
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refugee |
person who flees to another country to escape persecution or disaster |
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natural resource |
product of the earth that people use to meet their needs |
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renewable resource |
natural resource that cannot be used up or can be replaced naturally or grown |
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economic system |
system that sets rules for how people decide what goods and services to produce and how they are exchanged |
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export |
to trade goods to other countries |
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Inport |
to buy goods from another country |
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quota |
number limit on how many items of a particular product can be imported from a particular country |
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developed country |
country in which a great deal of manufacturing is carried out |
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Rights |
benefits and protections guaranteed by law |
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globalization
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development of a world culture and an interdependent world economy |
