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23 Cards in this Set
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GDP
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the value of goods and services created within a country in a year
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per capita income
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the total income of a country or region divided by the number of people, income per person
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urbanization
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the movement of people from rural areas into cities
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ethnic group
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people who share a common ancestry, language, customs, religion, or combination of such characteristics
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Middle Passage
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name given to the route used by slave ships across the Atlantic from West Africa to the Americas
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apartheid
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policy of strict separation of the races adopted in South Africa in the 1940s
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universal suffrage
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equal voting rights for all adult residents of a nation
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mass culture
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popular culture spread by media such as radio and television
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lingua franca
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a language (such as swahili) used for communication among people with different native languages
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oral history
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legends and stories passed on by word of mouth from generation to generation
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extended family
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household made up of several generations
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clan
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tribal community or large group of people related to one another
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literacy rate
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percentage of ppl who can read and write
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commercial farming
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farming organized as a business
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subsistence farming
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traditional agriculture whose goal is to produce just enough to eat for a family or a village to survive
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shifting farming
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method in which farmers move every few years to find better soil
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sedentary farming
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farming carried on at permanent settlements
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desertification
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process in which arable land is turned into desert, usually due to destruction of vegetation
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deforestation
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the loss or destruction of forests, due mainly to trees being cleared for logging or farming
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extinction
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the disappearance or end of a species of animal or plant
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habitat
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area with conditions suitable for certain plants or animals to live
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poaching
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illegal hunting of protected animals
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ecotourism
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tourism based on concern for the enviornment
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