Semester One Final 2014
» Absolute Loca8on: Where a place is on the Earth using coordinates to la8tude and longitude lines.» Rela8ve Loca8on: Where a place is on the Earth compared to another place.» Map Key: The place on the map that tells how to read the map» La8tude/ Longitude: System of imaginary lines that cover the Earth and are used to give a loca8on» Scale: The place on the map that tells the distance» Compass: The place on the map that tells direc8on
» Subsistence Faming: Growing food to live on rather than sell» Industrializa8on: When a society starts using a lot of manufacturing to make their stuff» Manufacturing: When people use machines to make their stuff» Cultural Hearths: Are centers of culture» Cultural Diffusion: How culture spreads» Surplus : Extra» Renewable: Can be replaced
» Nonrenewable: Can not be replaced» Popula8on Density: How crowded a place is» Sparse: Not crowded» Dense: Crowded» Distribu8on: How something is spread out» Resources: Stuff people can use» Economy: A group that makes stuff and divides it up
» Economic Interdependence: People and places depend on other people and places to get stuff» Supply: How much of something there is» Demand: How much people want something» Import: Stuff BOUGHT from another country» Export: Stuff SOLD to another country» Balance of Trade: The difference between the number of exports and imports in a country
» Specializa8on: Doing the same job, over and over instead of making everything they need themselves» Symbolic Monarchy: A king/queen who represents the country s past and who has no real power» Absolute Monarchy: A king/queen will all the power in a country» Cons8tu8onal Monarchy: A king/queen who has power but has to follow the rules the people of the country make» Representa8ve: The leaders in a country do what the people tell them to do» Authoritarian: The people in a country do what their leaders tell them to do
» Parliamentary Democracy/Republic: types of government where people elect their officials» Dictatorship: type of government where one person has power» Sovereignty: final decision making ability in a group» Liber8es: the things the government of a group agree it does not get to decide (freedom)
» Poli8cal: the process of ge_ng what you want in a group» Ci8zen: a person who belongs to a country who has to follow the rules and gets to par8cipate in government stuff» Oligarchy: type of government where a small group of people hold power» Value: A belief about what is important and guides behavior» Command System: An economic system that tries to achieve quality» Market System: An economic system that tries to achieve freedom
» Mixed Market System: a type of economic system that tries to balance freedom with equality» Sta8s8c : A number that provides data» Demographic: Something that is true about a group of people» Literacy Rate: the percentage of people in a country that can read» Life Expectancy: the average age people live in a country
» GDP per capita: shows how wealthy or poor the country is» Infant Mortality: the number of children who will probably die before they reach the age of 5» DeveloPING country: A country that can not provide the basic needs of its people» DeveloPED country: A country that can provide the basic needs of its people
» Popula8on: How many people there are» Popula8on Density: How crowded it is» Sparse: Not crowded» Dense: Crowded» Migra8on: Movement for a long period of 8me» Internal migra8on: Movement from one place to another in the same country» Refugee: A migrant who leaves a place because of war, famine, natural disaster; forced to leave because of something bad happening
» Rural: the country» Urban: the city» Slum: The poorest neighborhoods, usually with poorly built, homemade houses» Push: The things that make a person move FROM a place» Pull: The things that make a person pick the place he or she will move to» Urbaniza8on: Moving from the rural areas to the city.
» Ethnicity: A group of people who share the same culture and place of origin (come from the same place)» Mul8cultural: Having many different cultures in one place and being OK with people who are different» Harsh: Mean or difficult» Strategy A plan to achieve a goal» Corrup8on: A person in government who uses their power to make money for themselves.