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31 Cards in this Set
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The number of deaths per year for every 1000 people.
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Death Rate
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The number of births per year for every 1000 people.
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Birth Rate
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The growth rate of a population; the difference between birth rate and death rate.
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Natural Increase
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The movement of people from place to place.
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Migration
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The model that uses brith rates and death rates to show changes in the population trends of a country or region.
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Demographic Transition
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The number of years it takes a population to double in size.
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Doubling Time
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The pattern of population in a country, a continent, or the world.
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Population Distribution
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The average number of people in a square mile or square kilometer.
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Population Density
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Way of life of a group of people who share beliefs and similar customs.
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Culture
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Group of related lanuages that have all developed from one earlier lanuage.
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Language Family
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Group of people who share common ancestry, language, religion, customs, or combination of such characteristics.
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Ethnic Group
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Division of the Earth based on a varity of factors, including government, social groups,economic systems, language, or religion.
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Culture Region
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The spreed of new knowledge and skills from one culture to another.
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Cultural Diffusion
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A center where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions spreed outward.
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Culture Health
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A government in which all key powers are given to the national or central government.
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Unitary System
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Form of government in which powers are divided between the national government and the state or provincial government.
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Federal System
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Government in which one person rules with unlimited power and authority.
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Autocracy
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A form of autocracy with a herditary kingor queen exerciseing system power.
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Monarchy
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Any system of government in which leaders role with consent of the citizens.
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Democracy
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System of government in which a small group holds power.
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Oligarchy
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A system in which tradition and custum control all economic activity; exists only a few parts of the world today.
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Traditional Economy
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An economic system based on free enterprise, in which businesses are priviatly owned and production and prices are determined by supply and demand.
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market Economy
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A system of resource mangement in which the government supports and regulates enterprise through decisions that affect the marketplace.
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Mixed Economy
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System of resource management in which decisions about production and distribution of goods and services are made by a central authority.
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Command Economy
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Substance from the Earth that is not made by people butcan be used by them.
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Natural Resource
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Transition from an agricultural society to one based on industry.
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Industrialization
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Country that has a great deal of technology and manufacturing.
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Developed Country
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A country that has begun trainsitioning from primarily agricultural to primarily manufacturing and industry activity.
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Newly Industrailized Country
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Country in the process of becoming industrialized.
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Developing Country
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The removal of trade barriers so that goods can flow freely between countries.
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Free Trade
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The existence of impure, unclean, or poisonous substances in the air, water, or land.
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Pollution
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