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| Activities and behaviors that people repeatedly practice. |
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| a population that shares a common cultural background. |
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| when one culture adopts elements from another culture. |
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| grow food on small farms for their own family. |
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| the growing of crops for sale |
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| regions where new ideas and developments occur. |
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| the process in which a society transforms into one based on the manufacturing of goods and services. |
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| Feeling of pride and loyalty to ones country. |
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| the stressing of the strict following of basic traditional principles. |
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| running state or government affairs. |
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| the production, distribution, and consumption of goods or services. |
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| GNP – Gross National Product |
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| the total value of goods and services produced by a country in a year both inside and outside the country |
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| GDP – Gross Domestic Product |
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| the total value of goods and services produced WITHIN a country. |
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| prices for products and services are determined mostly through competition. |
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| an economic system in which resources, businesses, and industries are owned by private individuals. |
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| everyone in the society has a voice. |
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| an economic and political system where the government owns and controls almost all of the means of production. |
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| the study of the human population through statistics on population distribution, density, and trends. |
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| Industries that uses natural resources and raw materials. (Agriculture, forestry, mining,oil) |
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| manufacturing of goods from primary industries into useful products. (butter) |
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| Retail and Service industries. (stores, restaurants, banks) |
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| Ability to read or write. |
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Structures necessary to build industries and to move goods in and out of an area.
(roads, bridges, power plants, water supply. |
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| Worlds WEALTHY countries (US, Japan, Canada, Australia, Singapore) |
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| Worlds POOREST countries. (3/4 of world’s population) |
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| Governments and people of Developed countries helping people of Developing countries. |
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| prices for goods are determined mostly through competition |
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| number of births per 1000 people |
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| number of deaths per 1000 people |
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| someone who moves out of the country |
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| someone who moves into the country. |
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| A growth in the proportion of people living in towns and cities |
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| All the features of a society's way of life |
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| Four regions that have the world's largest population density |
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| South Asia, Europe, East Asia, Eastern North America |
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| first stage of population growth cycle |
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| Birth and death rate are high. Many births but the death rate declines. (the population still increases). |
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| 2nd stage of population growth cycle |
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| Family sizes increase, less deaths during childhood. Population growth is rapid. |
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| 3rd stage of population growth cycle |
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| Birthrate drops, most children live to adulthood, Family sizes decrease. Birth and death rate are about the same. Low growth rate. |
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