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29 Cards in this Set
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POPULATION
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total number of people in a population
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INDUSTRIES
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the whole group of production of something: automobiles, clothing, mining, timber, etc. for example the timber idustry includes loggers, truckers, sawmills, tree planting and care...
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LABOUR FORCE BY OCCUPATION
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percentage of people working in specific types of jobs in a country, for example:
% in agriculture % in fishing % in entertainment |
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POPULATION DENSTIY
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total number of people in a certain area
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NATURAL RESOURCES
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naturally occurring raw materials (not manufactured) in an area, for example water, minerals, oil and gas, forests, fish...
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EXPORT
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selling your country's products to other countries
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SANITATION SYSTEMS
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collection, treatment, management and processing of all manners of waste (liquid, human, animal, industrial)
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POVERTY LEVEL
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a minimum amount of money needed (income) to live at a most basic level
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LITERACY RATE
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number of people aged 15 or over who have basic reading and writing skills (about a grade 6 level) out of the whole population
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UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
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number of people looking for work out of the total population
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INFANT MORTALITY RATE
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the number of infant deaths, aged new born to 1, out of a total number of births in the population
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AIDS
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a disease carried in blood that is transferred through sexual activiites or sharing of needles
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PHYSICIANS
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doctors
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LIFE EXPECTANCY
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an average age until which a person is expected to live
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INFLATION
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ongoing increases in the price of goods and descrease in the value of money (for example 40 years ago, 25 cents could buy a single bag of chips and a bottle of pop. Today the same would cost about $3.00)
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COMMUNISM
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a type of government where everyone is supposed to live and work in one class system (no upper, middle, lower classes) and where everyone is supposed to work for the good of all
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ETHNIC GROUP
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a group of people with a specific language, culture or race
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ECONOMY
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the management of a country's money, resources and industries
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IMPORT
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when your country buys products from other countries
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DEBT
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money or goods owed to a person, company or country
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STANDARD OF LIVING
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level of living conditions measured by your contry's amount of goods purchased, and amount of leisure acitvities
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DEMOCRACY
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system of government where people vote and have a say
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RURAL
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living in the country
living outside of city limits |
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URBAN
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living in a city or small town
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INFRASTRUCTURE
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facilities and structures for a community or country to work properly
such as buildings (hospital, schools etc.) transportation systems (roads, bridges etc.), power plants etc. |
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urban
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in the city
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Rural
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in the country out side of the city
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Population
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the number of people in a group
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Literacy
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reading and writing
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