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36 Cards in this Set
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population |
the number of people who live in a specified area |
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birth rate |
the number of births per 1,000 people per year |
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death rate |
the number of deaths per 1,000 people per year |
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rate of natural increase |
the death rate subtracted from the birth rate |
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population density |
the average number of people who live in a certain area |
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urbanization |
the process of city development |
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demographer |
a geographer who studies the characteristics of human populations |
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habitable lands |
lands suitable for human living |
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urban |
relating to, or located in, a city |
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rural |
relating to the country or farmingC |
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migration |
the process of relocating to a new region |
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immigrant |
a person who leaves on area to settle in another |
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push factor |
a reason that causes people to leave an area |
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pull factor |
a reason that attracts people to another area |
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culture |
the shared attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors of a group |
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diversity |
having many different ways to think or to do something, or a variety of people |
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descrimination |
actions that might be hurtful to an individual or a group |
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refugee |
a person who flees a place to find safety |
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persecution |
cruel treatment on the basis of religion, race, ethnic group, nationality, political views, gender, or class |
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natural resource |
something that is found in nature that is necessary or useful to humans |
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economy |
a system of producing and exchanging goods, and services among a group of people |
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economic system |
a way people use resources to make and exchange goods |
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command economy |
an economic system in which the production of goods and services is decided by a central government |
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market economy |
an economic system in which the production of goods and services id decided by supply and the demand of consumers |
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) |
the total value of all the goods and services produced in a country in a year |
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export |
a product or resource sold to another country |
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import |
a product or resource that comes into a country |
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specialization |
a focus on producing a limited number of a specific products |
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raw materials |
an unprocessed natural resource that will be converted to a finished product |
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Government |
an organization set up to make and enforce rules for a society |
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Citizen |
a person who owes loyalty to a country and receives potection |
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Representative Democracy |
a type of government in which citizens hold political power through elected representatives |
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Monarchy |
a type of government in which a ruling family headed by a king or queen holds political power |
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Oligarchy |
a type of government in which a small group of people holds power |
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Dictatorship |
a type of government in which an individual holds complete political power |
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Communism |
a type of government in which the Communist Party holds all political power and controls the economy |
