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SHSWG AHMROS
Vocab for EOC
104
Geography
9th Grade
04/26/2012

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Gender Role
Definition

Roles Specifically designed to men or women in a culture

 

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Urban
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Referring to a city setting; usually has a high population density and diverse cultures

 

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Ural
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Mountain range that runs through western Russia and is considered to be the dividing line between Europe and Asia 

 

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Mutilcultural 
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Containing apeopled people's and cultures

 

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Social class
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Divisions of a cultures people based on wealth, power, and prestige

 

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Social mobility
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Refers to how easy or hard it is tchange one's social class within a culture

 

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Cultural Region
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Region where peopleashore common cultural characteristics

 

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Functional Region
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Area defined by one function that may cross political boundaries. Often they are organized around a focal point such as a city

 

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Perceptual region
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Based on people'sattitudes and emotions about a place. Ex :the "deep south "

 

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Middle east 
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Region that lies at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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Suez canal 
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Cana, that connects the Mediterranean sea with the red sea and shortens the travelinof distance between Europe and Asia .

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Latin America 
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Applies to all of the Americans south of the united states. It has 4 main areas , Mexico,central America, the west indies(Caribbean) and south America 

 

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Panama canal 
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An important human-made feature in this region that goes through the isthmus of panama joining the Atlantic and pacific oceans and serves as a maroleRole for international trade

 

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Sub-Saharan Africa
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the areas of Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Many different ethnic groups with animistic, Christian, and Islamic religions; many affected by the slave trade and colonization


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Oceania
Definition

the Pacific islands of New Zealand ( colonized by the British) and other smaller nations like Tahiti that are spread across the South Pacific


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 Demography
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the study of population.


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Urbanization
Definition
 the movement of greater numbers of people into cities

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Settlement patterns
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Human factors affect where people settle, like having a capital city at a central location; location along transportation routes; new technology can override physical barriers, and natural resources can attract settlers to an otherwise unfavorable area

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 Population Density
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how many people live in a given area

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Population Pyramid
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a visual that compares the number of males and females in a society and it includes the average ages of its members. Each group will be represented by a different bar


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Shanty Town
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a slum settlement where poor people live in dwellings made from scrap materials—such as plywood, corrugated metal and plastic sheets.

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Push and Pull Factors
Definition

the major reasons for migration that either “push” people out of their old location while “pull” factors lure migrants to a new location. Ex: push- poverty, political conflict, environmental factors, oppression. Ex: pull- freedom, economic opportunity (jobs) cultural ties

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Social factors
Definition

concern how people organize into groups, such as religious groups.

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Ethnic Persecution
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when they need to migrate due to being persecuted for being members of a particular ethnic group. Ex: Rwandans needed to flee to neighboring countries to avoid being massacred

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Religious Persecution
Definition

migration due to the environment, like a drought, crop failures, floods, fires, earthquakes that force people to migrate.

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 Environmental Factors
Definition

migration due to the environment, like a drought, crop failures, floods, fires, earthquakes that force people to migrate.

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 Forced Migration
Definition

when a migration is forced such as the Atlantic Slave Trade. This migration has accompanied war and the persecution of people throughout most of history.


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Physical Barriers
Definition

natural features that were once a migration to human migration. Examples are mountains, deserts or dense forests.

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 Land bridge
Definition

a natural feature where people used to be able to walk from one land mass to another, like across the Bering Strait now that used to be a land bridge from Asia to North America ( Alaska area)


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Diffusion
Definition
how something diffuses or spreads
 
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Spatial exchange
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(Cultural Diffusion) when ideas, products, and even cultural traits can spread from one culture to another.

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Columbian Exchange
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when new plants, animals, ideas and even diseases were exchanged between the peoples of the Americas and those of Europe.

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Cultural Convergence
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when different cultures exchange ideas and become more similar. 

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Cultural Divergence
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when different cultural influences cause an area to divide into separate parts.

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 Pandemic
Definition

an epidemic over a wide geographic area.

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Traditional Ways
Definition

these societies prefer to do things much as their ancestors have done

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Cultural Diffusion
Definition

the spread of ideas, good, technologies, and cultural traits from one society to another.

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Genocide
Definition

when a dominant group tries to completely eliminate a religious or ethnic group -The mass murder of a people.

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Terrorism
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the use of threats of terror against innocent civilians to gain attention and achieve a group’s aims

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Technology
Definition
the use of materials, tools, and skills to meet human needs.
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Technological innovation
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the development of new technologies

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 GPS
Definition

a spatial information system that merge information from satellites and land base sources.

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Desalinization
Definition

the removal of salt from ocean water

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Constitutional monarchy
Definition

 kingdom in which the ruler’s powers are limited by a constitution 

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Direct Democracy
Definition

a form of government in which people vote on policy initiatives directly

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Representative Democracy
Definition

 government where the people rule through elected representatives

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 Dictatorship
Definition

government in which an individual or groups holds complete power

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Political Power
Definition

ability of a person or group to determine the policy of a government to serve their individual or group interest

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 Political Region
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a geographic area that is run by a specific government and has its own laws; there are various levels of political regions, such as: a country, a state, districts within a state, and cities within a stat[image]
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Political Unit
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a unit of territory defined by boundaries set by political authority and usually having a separate political organization

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Borders
Definition

lines that separate one country, state, province, etc., from another

 

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Sovereign Nation
Definition

the supreme, absolute, and uncontrollable power by which an independent state is governed and from which all specific political powers are derived; the intentional independence of a state, combined with the right and power of regulating its internal affairs without foreign interference

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International Relations
Definition

a branch of political science concerned with relations between nations and primarily with foreign policies

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 Balance Of Power
Definition

an equilibrium of power sufficient to discourage or prevent one nation or party from imposing its will on or interfering with the interests of another

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United Nations
Definition

an international organization of countries set up in 1945, in succession to the League of Nations, to promote international peace, security, and cooperation

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European Union
Definition

 an economic and political association of European countries as a unit with internal free trade and common external tariffs

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Decision Making Process
Definition

a process of intelligence, design, and choice activities that result in the selection of a particular course of action

 

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 Government Policy 
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 the course of action (or inaction) taken by the state with regard to a particular issue

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Point Of View
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the spatial property of the position from which something is observed

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Cultural Beliefs
Definition

the ideas, customs, and social behavior of a of a particular nation, people, or other social group

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Patriotism
Definition

love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it

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Nationalism
Definition

the belief that people should be loyal to their nation

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Economics
Definition

the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management

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Economist
Definition

 an expert in economics who understands systems of production and distribution and consumption

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Economic System
Definition

 the way people produce and exchange goods

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Problem of scarcity
Definition

the fact that humanity does not possess the resources to fulfill everybody’s wishes, desires and needs all at once and all of the time; this leads to disagreements, or conflicts, between individuals and groups over how the finite resources should be distributed

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Traditional Economy
Definition

an economy based on agriculture, with others in society working in simple crafts, such as the manufacturing of cloth or pottery

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Subsistence Farming
Definition
when people raise just enough food or animals to meet their own needs

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 Cottage Industries
Definition
small-scale business or manufacturing activity that can be carried on at home by family members using their own equipment
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 Free Enterprise System
Definition

economic system in which private individuals own most of the resources, technology, and businesses and can operate them with little government control

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Capitalism
Definition

an economic system in which the means of productions and distribution are privately owned and operated for a private profit; decisions regarding supply, demand, price, distribution, and investments are made by private actors in the market rather than by central planning by the government.

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Profit
Definition

a financial gain, especially the difference between the amount earned and the amount spent in buying, operating, or producing something

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Supply And Demand
Definition

an economic model of price determination in a market; it concludes that in a competitive market, the unit price for a particular good will vary until it settles at a point where the quantity demanded by consumers (at current price) will equal the quantity supplied by producers (at current price), resulting in an economic equilibrium of price and quantity

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Commercial Industries
Definition

 economic activities concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories for the purpose of making a profit

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Communist Economy
Definition

The government owns and operates all businesses. A plan is developed by the government, and factory managers are given quotas to meet based upon the national plan.

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Socialist Economy 
Definition

 The government owns and operates many basic industries, while other businesses are privately owned.

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Mixed Economy
Definition

Most countries have economies that blend features of each of the other types of economies.

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Human Development Index
Definition

Developed by the United Nations to measure a country’s level of economic development. THE HDI takes into account demographic, economic, social, and political indicators to determine the level of economic development and standards of living of the people in a nation.

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 Less Developed
Definition

 A country where most people are engaged in primary economic activities such as agriculture and mining.

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Newly Developed
Definition

A country where large numbers of people are engaged in secondary economic activities, mainly manufacturing.

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More Developed
Definition

Like the U.S. Most workers are engaged in tertiary or quaternary economic activities, such as performing services or processing information.

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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Definition

The total value of all goods and services produced by a nation in a year.

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GDP Per Capita
Definition

GDP/total population in a country. Reflects the total value of all goods and services produced by a nation in a year by an average person.

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Infant Mortality Rate 
Definition

The number of infants who die for every thousand births. Closely related to the level of medical care available when an infant is born.

 

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Literacy Rate
Definition

Percentage of people in a country who can read and write.

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Primary Activities
Definition

 The most basic economic activities in all societies involve the production of foods and the extraction of resources.

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 Secondary Activities
Definition

The manufacture and production of goods. Adds value to raw materials by processing them or by changing their form.


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Tertiary Activities 
Definition

Deals with services. This sector is identified by a variety of services performed by people and businesses. In U.S., more than 80% of the labor force are tertiary workers.


 

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 Quaternary Activities
Definition

Economic activities involving information processing and management. 

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Globalization
Definition

The creation of a single global economy and community.


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Outsourcing
Definition

The process by which a company hires other companies to perform some of its work.

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Human Resources 
Definition

People are an ingredient in producing a good or service. Where people are located also affects the location of economic activities.

 

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 Capital Resources
Definition

 Goods made that are used to make other goods and services, rather than being consumed.

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Infrastructure
Definition

The foundation upon which business operate and is critical for economic growth. It’s a type of capital resource that is the investment that a society makes by building roads, railroads, electric power plants telephone and internet lines. Infrastructure also includes the investment a society makes in providing a system of law-and-order, money and banking, hospitals and healthcare, and other essential services.

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Entrepreneurship 
Definition

The acts of people who bring together and organize all the other productive resources. Usually are business owners or managers.

 

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Productive Resources
Definition

 Natural resources, human resources, and capital resources that are used by entrepreneurs.

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Specialization
Definition

 Different areas seem to specialize in specific economic activities, which leads to trade.

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Comparative Advantage
Definition

Due to uneven distribution of both natural and human resources, each region tends to make certain types of goods, based on the productive resources it has available. Each region will produce those goods and services it cam make at the lowest cost.

 

 

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Export
Definition

Goods and services sold from one country to other countries.


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Import
Definition

Goods from Foreign countries brough into a countryfor use or sale.

 

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 Protective Tariff
Definition

Taxes added to imported goods to protect a country’s existing industries.

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Free Trade Zone
Definition

No tariffs or quotas between member countries to restrict trade.

 

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Per Capita Income
Definition

 Or income per person is a measure of average income within a country. It is calculated by taking all sources of income (such as GDP or National Income) and dividing it by the total population. This can be used to compare countries’ economic development.

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Life Expectancy 
Definition

The average age that a person in a given country can expect to live to. Usually ties back to the economic development status of a country.


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