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| economics | how resources are managed in the production, exchange, and use of goods and services |
| interdependence | the economic, political, and social dependence on one another |
| Pangea | a supercontinent composed of today's 7 continents |
| cartographer | a person who makes maps |
| multicultural | many cultures |
| thematic map | a map that focuses on a specific idea or theme |
| region | a group of places that have physical features in common |
| scarcity | the conflict between people's desires and limited resources |
| command economy | economy controlled by the government |
| euro | the commom unit of currency used by European Union countries |
| urbanization | the movement of people from the countryside to cities |
| fjord | a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea located between steep cliffs |
| patrician | a member of a wealthy, land-owning family in ancient Rome |
| plebian | a common citizen of ancient Rome |
| criollo | a person born in Mexico whose parents were born in Spain |
| hacienda | in Spanish-speaking countries, a big farm or ranch |
| mestizo | a person of mixed European and Native American descent |
| peninsular | a person born in Spain but lived in Mexico after the Spanish took control |
| ejido | a community farm owned by the people of a village together |
| literacy rate | percent of the population who can read and write |
| Maori | fisrt inhabitants of New Zealand |
| Aborigines | first inhabitants of Australia |
| tariff | a fee imposed by the government on imported or exported goods |
| transportation corridor | a path that makes transportation easier |
| transportation barrier | a geographic feature that slows transportation |
| tourism | the business of helping people travel on vacations |
| tributary | s stream or river that flows into a larger river |
| typhoon | a hurricane in the western Pacific Ocean |
| standard of living | a measure of the quality of life |
| rural | of the countryside |
| urban | of the city |
| profit | the money that remains after all costs of production are paid |
| mulatto | a person of mixed African and European descent |
| migrate | to move from one area in order to settle in another |
| ice shelf | a large sheet of ice that floats on water but connects to land on one side |
| factors of production | one of the elements needed fro production of goods and services to occur |
| currency | money used as a form of exchange |
| ethnic cleansing | the organized killing of members of an ethnic group or groups |
| archipelago | a group of islands |
| circumnavigate | to sail completely around |
