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31 Cards in this Set
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Ethnic Group |
A group of people who share a common culture ancestry |
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Traditional economy |
A system where people grow their own food and make their own goods |
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Command economy |
a system where the government makes all economic decisions |
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Market economy |
A system based on free trade, private ownership, and competition |
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Humanitarian Aid |
Assistance to people in distress |
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Primary industry |
Uses natural resources and raw material to make money |
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Secondary industry |
Uses natural resources and raw material to make something new |
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Tertiary industry |
Goods and services are exchanged |
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Quaternary industry |
Process and distribute information |
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Interdependence |
Relationship between countries in which they rely on one another for resources, goods, and services |
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Migration |
Thr process from moving from one place to another |
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cultural diversity |
The state of having a variety of cultures in the same area |
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Democracy |
Form of government where people elect leaders and rule by majority |
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Dictatorship |
A single powerful ruler has total control |
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Monarchy |
Ruled directly by a king or queen |
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Communism |
Government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country |
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Population |
The total number of people in a given area |
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Culture |
The set of beliefs values and practices that a group of people have in common |
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Cultural diffusion |
The spread of culture traits from one region to another |
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Gross domestic product |
The value of all goods and services produced within a country in a single year |
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Popular culture |
Culture traits that are well known and widely accepted |
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Globalization |
The process in which countries are increasingly linked to each other through culture and trade |
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Population density |
A measure of the number of people living in a given area |
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Economy |
System that includes all of the activities that people and businesses do to earn a living |
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United Nations |
An organization of the world's countries that promote peace and security around the globe |
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Percentage of natural increase |
Rate at which a population is changing |
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Changes to the country with fast growing populations |
Availability of housing and jobs available food hospital in schools opening or closing |
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Before 1800 Earth's population growth |
300 million people |
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About how much of the worlds people live in developing countries |
2/3 |
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A country's population can grow through |
Birthrate |
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the auto industry today depends upon parts that are made |
In other countries |
