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| Culture | the way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs |
| Civilizations | Highly developed cultures |
| Cultural Diffusion | The way that a specific culture spreads it's knowledge and skills from one area to another |
| Authoritarian System | Most countries used to have this system, a system in which one person rules with unlimited power |
| Democracy | Citizens choose their leaders by voting. Once in power, leaders are expected to obey a constitution or other long standing traditions that require them to respect individual freedoms. |
| Language Family | a group of languages having similar beginnings |
| Standard of Living | a measure of people's quality of life based on their income and the material goods they have |
| Literacy Rate | Percentage of people who can read and write |
| Free Enterprise | People start and run businesses to make a profit, with little interference from the government |
| Socialism | The government sets goals, may run some businesses, and tends to have a central role in the economy. |
| Emigrate | When people move to another country |
| Refugees | People who feel like they are forced to flee their country. |
| Population Density | The average number of people living in a square mile or sq. kilometer |
| Urbanization | Movement from country to City |
| Developed Countries | Countries that are industrialized |
| Developing Countries | Countries that are working towards industrialization |
| Demographers | Scientists who study population |
| Birthrate | The number of children born each year for every 1,000. |
| Death Rate | The number of deaths for every 1,000 people |
| Famine | Lack of food |
| Renewable Resources | Resources that can be replaced naturally |
| Non- Renewable Resources | Resources that can not be replaced because they were formed over millions of years by Geologic forces within the earth |
| Fossil Fuels | Coal, oil, and natural gas. a non-renewable resource. |
| Subsistence Farming | Growing only enough food to feed themselves |
| Commerical Agriculture | large scale farm production, for profit |
| Service Industries | People who work to supply services |
| Pollution | Putting impure or poisonous substances into the land, air, or water |
| Pesticides | Chemcicals that kill insects. They can also cause pollution |
| Hydroelectric Power | Power from falling water |
| Solar Energy | Energy produced by the heat of the sun. |
