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20 Cards in this Set
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Culture |
Way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs. |
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Ethnic group |
People who share a common history, language, religion and physical characteristics. |
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Dialect |
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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Cultral Diffision |
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 |
Number of people out of every 1,000 |
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Birth Rate |
Number of children born each year for every 1,000 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 diaster. |
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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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Econmic System |
System that sets rules for how people decide what could and services to produce and how they are exchanged. |
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Export |
Totrade goods ot other countries. |
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Import |
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 of 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 |
Developed of a world culture and an interdependent world economy. |
