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Geography Vocab
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Geography
9th Grade
09/17/2012

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migration
Definition
the process of moving from one place to live in another
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emigrants
Definition
people who leave a country to live somewhere else
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immigrants
Definition
people who come to a new country to live
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push factors
Definition
factors causing people to leave a location
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pull factors
Definition
factors attracting people to a new location
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culture
Definition
all the features of a people's way of life
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diffusion
Definition
a process occurring when an idea or innovation spreads from one person or group to another and is adopted
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ethnic religion
Definition
religions found among people of one ethnic group and that generally have not spread into other cultures
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universalizing religion
Definition
religions that seek followers al over the world
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market economy
Definition
an economic system in which people choose feely what to buy and sell
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command economy
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an economic system in which the government decides what to produce, where to maake it, and what price to charge
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developed countries
Definition
countries with high levels of industrialization and high standards of living
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developing countries
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countries with less problems productive economies than developed countries and low standards of living
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urbanization
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growth in the proportion of people lining in towns and cities
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geometric boundary
Definition
boundaries that follow geometric patterns
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