World Geography Test Two

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Republic

Back 1

Form of government where the citizens conduct their own affairs for their own benefit. Power comes from the people.

Front 2

Democracy

Back 2

Power comes from the people, power usually taken through peaceful means in the form of voting by the people.

Front 3

Totalitarian

Back 3

System of government where the rulers have total unchecked control of the nation

Front 4

Monarchy

Back 4

System of government where the power belongs to a ruling family

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Oligarchy

Back 5

A small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.

Front 6

Theocratic

Back 6

Form of government based on religious laws

Front 7

Dictatorship

Back 7

Form of government where the nation is ruled by one ruler

Front 8

Primary sector

Back 8

Gathering raw materials

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Secondary sector

Back 9

Turning the raw material into a product to use

Front 10

Tertiary sector

Back 10

Providing a business or service type of job

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Quaternary sector

Back 11

Research/design of the product to improve production

Front 12

Quinary sector

Back 12

Domestic activities/includes highest levels of decision making in a society or economy

Front 13

Cottage industry

Back 13

Business that employs workers from their home

Front 14

Command

Back 14

Government controls everything

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Capitalism

Back 15

Country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit rather than by the state

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Free enterprise

Back 16

Economic decisions made by consumers and are based on demand, exchange or trade

Front 17

Socialism

Back 17

Any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods

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Subsistence agriculture

Back 18

People make/sell goods only to sustain their needs

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Underdeveloped

Back 19

Not advanced economy

Front 20

Less developed

Back 20

Non industrialized or third world country

Front 21

More developed

Back 21

Developed economy and advanced technological infrastructure

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Growth rate

Back 22

Percentage of change of a specific variable within a specific time period and given a certain context

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Death rate

Back 23

Ratio of deaths during particular period of time

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birth rate

Back 24

Ratio of births during particular period of time

Front 25

Access to advance medicine impact on population growth

Back 25

Medicine helps people live

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Impact of technology on pop. Growth and the productivity of cities/communities

Back 26

Technology impacts population growth by advancing meds and research on cures for diseases and impacts productivity by increasing research on things. Also makes more jobs

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Push factors

Back 27

Factors that drive people away from a country

Front 28

Pull factors

Back 28

Factors that draw people to a country

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Migration

Back 29

Movement from one part of something to the other

Front 30

Urban sprawl

Back 30

An uncontrolled expansion of urban areas

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Rural area

Back 31

Located outside towns and cities

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Urban area

Back 32

High population density and infrastructure or build environment

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Industrial revolution

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Transition into new manufacturing processes

Front 34

Global trade

Back 34

Exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories

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Patriotism

Back 35

Vigorous support for ones country

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Liberties/freedoms

Back 36

State of being free/rights or privileges

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United Nations

Back 37

Intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international co-operation and to create and maintain international order

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Climograph

Back 38

Graphical representation on basic climate parameters, a monthly average, temperature, and precipitation at a certain point