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Human System
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Geography
9th Grade
03/08/2010

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domestication
Definition
growing  plants and taming animals for personal use.
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urbanization
Definition
the growth in the proportion of people living in towns and cities
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world cities
Definition

huge urban areas.

most important centers of economic power and wealth.

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central business district 

CBD

Definition

most city centers are dominated by large stores, offices, and buildings.

transportation hubs where roads, railroads, and buses come together.

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edge cities

 

Definition
clusters of large buildings away from the CBD 
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subsistence agriculture
Definition
food is produced by a family for its own needs. 
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shifting cultivation
Definition

farmers clear trees or brush for planting. sometimes burn debris,

the fields are farmed for a few years, but fertility steadily decreases. the field is eventually abandoned and a new field is cleared.

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pastoralism
Definition
herding animals.
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market-oriented agriculture
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commercial agriculture.

most common type found in developed countries.

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agribusiness
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operation of specialized commercial farms for more efficiency and profits.
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market economy
Definition
people freely choose what to buy and sell.
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free enterprise
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system that lets competition among businesses determine the price of the products.
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capitalism
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basis of free enterprise

businesses, industries, and resources are privately owned.

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command economy
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the government decides what to produce, where to make it, and what price to charge.
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communism
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is an economic and political system in which the government owns or controls almost all the means of production.
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gross national product

GNP

Definition
the total value of goods and services that a country produces in a year. includes goods and services made by businesses owned by the country;s citizens but located in foreign lands.
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gross domestic product

GDP

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includes only goods and services created within the country.
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industrialization
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the process by which manufacturing based on machine power becomes widespread in an area.
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literacy rate
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the percentage of people who can read and write also reflects the standard of living.
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developed countries
Definition
richest countries, high levels of industrializations, and their people enjoy high standards of living
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infrastructure
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system of roads, ports, and other facilities needed by a modern economy
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developing countries
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natural boundries
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cultural boundries
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geometric boundaries
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nationalism
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totalitarian governments
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democracy
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tariffs
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quotas
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