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SS8 Unit 9 (Asia-Chapt 30 & 28 only)
TCI chapt 28 & 30
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Social Studies
8th Grade
04/06/2022

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doubling time
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the amount of time it takes a country's population to increase by 100% (or x2)
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famine
Definition
a severe shortage of food that results in widespread hunger; often triggered by a weather related natural disaster (drought)
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rate of natural increase
Definition
the percentage a country's population changed in one year; (birth rate - death rate)
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zero population growth
Definition
stabilization of population; (births+immigrants) = (deaths+emigrants)
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one child policy
Definition
a law used by governments to slow down their population growth rate
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Three Gorges Dam
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a major hydroelectric dam built in China; helped increase access to renewable electricity and control flooding, but destroyed homes had habitat for millions of people and animals
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reservoir
Definition
the large human made lake cause up river from a dam
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special economic zone (SEZ)
Definition
a geographic area in which capitalist economic methods are used instead of central government planning
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migrant worker
Definition
a worker that leaves his/her home (often rural) to take a job in a different location (often urban) because wages are higher
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standard of living
Definition
the type of life style that one is able to sustain; quality and quantity of food, clothing, shelter, education, medical care, entertainment, etc...
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comparative advantage
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the ability of one country to produce a good/service as a lower cost or more efficiently than another country
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information technology
Definition
using technology to record, process and produce information (computer networks, the internet satellites, cell phones, etc...)
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outsource
Definition
to hire someone/something OUTSIDE of a company to do work that used to be done inside of the company itself
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time zone
Definition
using lines of longitude to help mark time consistently around planet earth; 24 different areas
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brain drain
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people educated in their home country that can't find jobs so they move to a new country to get a job
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brain gain
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people who return to their country with an education or job skills that they earned while in a different country
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foreign investment
Definition
private money/investing coming into a country from other countries; the money is used to start new businesses, build infrastructure, or grow existing businesses
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