| A | B |
|---|
| culture | the way of life of a group of people |
| civilization | highly developed culture |
| cultural diffusion | knowledge and skills are spread from one area to another |
| globalization | accelerated economic, cultural, & political dependencies across national borders |
| standard of living | measures people's quality of life |
| literacy rate | percentage of people who can read and write |
| free enterprise | people start and run businesses with little government interference |
| socialism | government plays a central role in the economy |
| population density | average number of people living in an area |
| urbanization | movement from farms and villages to cities |
| developed country | country that is industrialized |
| developing country | country that depends on agriculture and small industries |
| demographer | scientist who studies population |
| birthrate | number of children born each year per 1000 people |
| death rate | number of deaths for every 1000 people |
| famine | lack of food |
| natural resource | anything from nature that people use |
| renewable | resources that can be replaced fairly quickly |
| nonrenewable | resources that cannot be replaced |
| service industry | does not produce a product, such as mechanic, cook, etc. |
| Gross National Product | total production of goods & services by a country within a period of a year |
| Gross Domestic Product | totaly production of goods and services within a country during a period of a year |
| development | the process of improving the material conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge & technology |
| gender empowerment | measures the ability of women to participate in the process of achieving improvements |
