A | B |
What are renewable resources? | Those that can be replaced. |
Explain what an embargo is. | A ban on trade with one country by another. |
What exists when the death rate is higher than the birthrate? | Negative population growth |
Most cultures are made up of social classes. | They are groups of people ranked according to ancestry, wealth, or education. |
The world experienced a turning point at the end of the 1900s, what was is? | information revolution |
What is a tariff? | A tax imposed on imported goods. |
What type of government is a monarchy? | A king of queen has chief control of the state. |
What are culture hearths? | Early centers of civilization influenced their surroundings. |
What are ethnic groups made up of ? | People who have a common language, history, and place of origin. |
What is the natural increase of a population? | It is the difference between an area's birthrate and its death rate. |
When does zero population growth occur? | When death rates and birthrates are equal. |
Name the primary cause of urbanization. | The hope of a better life in prosperous cities. |
Name a feature that all of the five most influential culture hearths had in common. | fertile land |
Name a nonrenewable resource. | 1) coal 2) oil |
What was the first international agreement to promote free trade? | GATT ( General Agreement on Tariff and Trade) |
Name for people who share a common language, religion and history. | ethnic group |
Name for a system under which the government owns the means of production and distribution. | command economy |
Name of an element from the Earth not made by people but usable by them. | natural resources |
The average number of people living in a square unit of land. | population density |
The movement of people from place to place. | migration |
Name for freedom from outside control. | sovereignty |
The number of births per year for every 1,000 people. | birthrate |
Name for type of democracy in which citizens themselves decide on issues. | direct |
Name for the process of spreading new knowledge and ideas from culture to culture. | cultural diffusion |