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Prentice Hall Ch 3 Vocab
Ch 3 Population and Demographics
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Geography
9th Grade
08/06/2009

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sovereignty
Definition
a country’s freedom from outside control
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urbanization
Definition
growth of city populations
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diffusion
Definition
process by which cultural traits move from one culture to another
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culture hearth
Definition
area where cultural ideas begin and from which they spread
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population density
Definition
average number of people in a square mile or a square kilometer
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federation
Definition
political system in which power is shared by the national government and smaller political units
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authoritarian
Definition
type of government in which the leaders hold almost all of the political power
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democracy
Definition
type of government in which the people choose their leaders and determine government policy
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immigrant
Definition
person who moves into a country
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birthrate
Definition
number of live births each year per 1,000 people
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cultural divergence
Definition
the restriction of a culture from outside influences
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monarchy
Definition
authoritarian government in which people inherit their positions
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culture
Definition
beliefs and actions that define a group of people’s way of life
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dictatorship
Definition
type of government in which rulers often gain and keep power by military force
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cultural convergence
Definition
process of adapting traits from other cultures
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unitary system
Definition
political system in which a central government makes laws for an entire nation
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emigrant
Definition
person who leaves a country to live elsewhere
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command economy
Definition
economic system based on the state making all economic decisions
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rural
Definition
countryside
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market economy
Definition
economic system in which means of production and distribution are privately owned and operated for profit
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