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Chapter 3 Vocab. Words
This is for the seventh grade book, section three vocabulary words.
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Geography
7th Grade
10/19/2009

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Population
Definition
The number of people who live in a specificed area.
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Birth Rate
Definition
The number of births per 1,000 people per year.
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Death Rate
Definition
The number of deaths per 1,000 people per year.
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Rate of Natural Increase
Definition
The death rate subtracted from the birth rate.
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Population Density
Definition
The average number of people who live in a certain area.
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Urbanization
Definition
The process of city development
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Demographer
Definition
A geogapher who studies the charateristics of human populations.
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Habitable Lands
Definition
Lands suitable for humans to live in.
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Urban
Definition
Relating to, or located in, a city.
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Rural
Definition
Relating to te country or farming.
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Migration
Definition
The process of the relocating to a new region
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Immigrant
Definition
A person who leavers one area to settle in another
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Push Factor
Definition
A reason thatr causes people to leave and area
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Pull Factor
Definition
A reason that attracts people to another area
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Culture
Definition
The shared attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors of a group
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Diversity
Definition
Having many different ways to think or to fo something, or a variety of people
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Discrimination
Definition
Actions that might be hurtful to an individual or a group
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Refugee
Definition
A person who flees a place to find safety
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Persecution
Definition
Cruel treatmeant on the basis of region, race, ethnic group, nationality, political views, gender, or class.
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National Resource
Definition
Soemthing that is found in nature that is nessary or useful to humans
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Economy
Definition
A system for producing and exchanging goods and services among a group of people
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Economic System
Definition
An economic system in which the production of goods and services is decided a central goverment
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Command Economy
Definition
An economic system in which the production of goods and services is decided by a central government
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Market Economy
Definition
An economic system in which the production of goods and services is decided by supply and demand of customers
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Gross Domstic Product (GDP)
Definition
The total value of all goods and services produced in a country in a year
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Export
Definition
A product or resouce sold to another country
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Specialization
Definition
A focus on producing a limited number of a specific products
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Raw Material
Definition
An unprocess natural resource that will be converted to a finished product
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Goverment
Definition
An organuization set up to make and enforce rules for a society
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Citizen
Definition
A person who owes loyalty to a country and recives protection
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Represenative Democracy
Definition
A type opf goverment in which citizens hold polutical power through elected citizens
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Monarchy
Definition
A type pf goverment in which a ruleing family headed by a king or queen holds political power
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Dictatorship
Definition
A type in which ann individual holds complete political power
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Cummunism
Definition
A type of goverement in which the Communist Party holds all poltical power and controls the economy
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