World Geography Chapter 3

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Death Rate

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Number of deaths per year out of every 1,000 people.

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Birthrate

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number of children born each year for every 1,000 people.

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Famine

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Severe lack of food.

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Population Density

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Average number of people living in a square mile or square kilometer.

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Urbanization

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Growth of cities.

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Emigrate

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To leave a country and move to another.

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Refugee

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Person who flies to another country to escape persecution or disaster.

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Technology

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The application of scientific discoveries to practical use.

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Internal

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Existing or taking place within.

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Culture

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Way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs.

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Ethnic Group

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People with a common language, history,religion, and some physical traits.

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Dialect

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Local form of a language that may have distinct vocabulary and pronunciation.

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Democracy

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Form of limited government in which power rests with the people, and all citizens share in running the government.

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Dictatorship

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Form of government in which a leader rules by force and typically limits citizens’ freedoms.

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Monarchy

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Government led by a king or a queen who inherited power by being born into ruling family.

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Civilizations

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Highly developed culture.

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Cultural Diffusion

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Process of spreading ideas, languages, and customs from one culture to another.

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Culture Region

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Area that includes different countries that share similar cultural traits.

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Globalization

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Development of a worldwide culture with an interdependent economy

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Widespread

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Scattered or found in a wide area.

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Unique

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Being the only one of its kind.

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Natural Resource

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Material from the Earth that people use to meet their needs.

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Renewable Resource

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Natural resource that can be replaced naturally or grown again.

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Non-Renewable resource

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Natural resource such as mineral that cannot be replaced.

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Economic System

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system that sets rules for deciding what goods and services to produce, how to produce them, and who will receive them.

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Develo[ed Country

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Country with an economy that has a mix of agriculture, a great deal of manufacturing, and service industries and that is very productive and provides its people with a high standard of living.

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Developing Country

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Country that has limited industry, where agriculture remains important, incomes are generally low.

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Newly Industrialized Country

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Country that is creating new manufacturing and business.

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Export

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To sell goods or resources to other countries.

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Import

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To buy resources or goods from other countries.

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Tariff

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Tax added to the price of goods that are imported.

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Quota

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Number limit on how many items of a particular product can be imported from a certain nation.

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Free Trade

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Removal of trade restrictions so that goods flow freely among countries.

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Interdepence

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Condition that exists when countries rely on each other for ideas, goods, services, and markets.

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Finite

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limited in supply.

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Finance

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Provide funds or capital.