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Chapter 3
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32
Social Studies
6th Grade
12/07/2012

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Term
Death Rate
Definition
Number of people died per year
Term
Birhtrate
Definition
Number of people born per year
Term
Famine
Definition
Severe lack of food
Term
Population Density
Definition
Number of people living in a square mile or square kilometer
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Urbanization
Definition
The growth of cities
Term
Refugee
Definition
A person who leaves his or her country to get away from war or persecution
Term
Emigrate
Definition
Leaving the country where one is born
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Natural Resource
Definition
Resources from Earth
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Renewable Resource
Definition
Resources that can be used over and over again Ex. Wind, Water, Sun
Term
Nonrenewable Resource
Definition
Resource that can not be made
Ex. Fossil Fuels
Term
Tariff
Definition
A tax on imported goods
Term
Interdependance
Definition
Countrys rely on each other for goods, servises, and markets in which to sell their products
Term
Economic System
Definition
A system to decide what goods and services to produce, how to produce them, and who will receive them
Term
Developed Country
Definition
A name of a country that has little agriculture but mainly technology with high incomes Ex. United states, Canada
Term
Developing Country
Definition
A country that has primarily farming as their way of life with low incomes very little technology and buisness Ex. Phillipense
Term
Quota
Definition
A limited number of items that can come into a country for trade purposes
Term
Newly Industrialized Country
Definition
Countrys that are in the prosses of becoming developed
Term
Export
Definition
Goods that are leaving a country for trade
Term
Import
Definition
Goods that are coming into a country for trade
Term
Free trade
Definition
Imports that are tariff free
Term
North
America
Free
Trade
Agreement
Definition
A trade agreement between Canada, US, and Mexico which allows all three countrys to trade without extra tariffs
Term
Imigrate
Definition
Moving into a new country
Term
Culture
Definition
A way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs
Term
Ethnic Group
Definition
people who Share a language, history, religion, and physical traits
Term
dialect
Definition
a local form of language with unique vocabulary and pronunciation
Term
democracy
Definition
the government is limited and the people hold power
Term
dictatorship
Definition
the government is unlimited and a dictator rules the country
Term
monarchy
Definition
a king or queen inherits power
Term
civilizations
Definition
highly developed cultures
Term
cultural defusion
Definition
ideas, languages, and customs that spread from one group to another
Term
cultural region
Definition
an area made up of several countries that share cultural traits
Term
globalization
Definition
worldwide culture
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