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| death rate | number of deaths per year out of every 1000 people |
| birthrate | number of children born each year for every 1000 people |
| famine | severe lack of food |
| population density | average number of people living in a square mile of square kilometer |
| urbanization | growth of cities |
| emigrate | refugees |
| monarchy | government led by a king or queen who inherited power by being born into ruling family |
| import | to buy resources or goods from other countries |
| export | to sell goods or resources to other countries |
| quota | number limit on how many items of a particular product can be imported from a certain nation |
| globalization | development of a worldwide culture with an interdependent economy |
| civilization | highly developed culture usually an ancient culture |
| economic system | system that sets rules for deciding what goods and services to produce how to produce them and who will receive them |
| natural resource | material from the Earth that people use to meet their needs |
| culture region | area that includes different countries that share similar cultural traits |
| dictatorships | form of government in which a leader rules by force and typically limits citizens freedoms |
| dialect | local form of a language that may have a distinct vocabulary and pronunciation |
| democracy | form of limited government in which power rests wit the people and all citizens share in running the government |
| nonrenewable resource | natural resource such as a mineral that cannot be replaced |
| tariff | tax added t the price of goods that are imported |
| interdependence | condition that exists when countries rely on each other for ideas goods services and markets |
| developing country | country that has limited industry where agriculture remains important incomes are generally low |
| free trade | removal of trade restrictions so the goods flow freely among countries |
| ethnic group | people with a common language history religion and some physical traits |
| renewable resource | natural resource that can be replaced naturally or grown again |
| refugee | person who flees to another country to escape persecution or disaster |
| newly industrialized country | country that is creating new manufacturing and business |
| emigrate | to leave a country and move to another you were born in |
| developed country | country with an economy that has a mix of agriculture a great deal of manufacturing and service industries and that is very high productive and provides its people with a high standard of living |
| cultural diffusion | process of spreading ideas, languages, and customs from one culture to another |
| culture | way of life of a group of people who share similar cultural traits |
