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culture | A learned system of shared beliefs and ways of doing things that guide a person’s daily behavior, |
culture region | Area of the world in which people share certain culture traits, |
culture traits | Elements of culture such as dress, food, or religious beliefs |
ethnic groups | Cultural groups of people who share learned beliefs and practices |
multicultural | A mixture of different cultures within the same country or community |
race | A group of people who share inherited physical or biological traits |
acculturation | The process of cultural changes that result from long-term contact with another society |
symbol | A word, shape, color, flag, or other sign that stands for something else |
ethnocentrisim | Seeing differences in another culture as inferior |
domestication | The growing of a plant or taming of an animal by a people for their own use |
subsistence agriculture | A type of farming in which farmers grow just enough food to provide for themselves and their own families |
commercial agriculture | A type of farming in which farmers produce food for sale |
civilization | A highly complex culture with growing cities and economic activity |
gross national product | The value of all goods and services that a country produces in one year within or outside the country |
gross domestic product | The value of all goods and services produced within a country |
industrialized countries | Countries that rely more on industry than agriculture |
literacy rate | Percent of people who can read and write |
developing countries | Countries in different stages of moving toward development |
third-world countries | Developing countries that lack economic opportunities |
free enterprise | An economic system in which people, not government, decide what to make, sell, or buy, |
market economy | An economy in which consumers help determine what is to be produced by buying or not buying certain goods and services |
command economy | An economy in which the government owns most of the industries and makes most of the economic decisions |
tradition-based economy | Exchange of goods or services based on custom and tradition |
mixed economy | An exchange of goods and services based on at least two other types of economic systems |
one-crop economy | Economy based on a single crop, such as bananas, sugarcane, or cacao |
exports | Products a country sells to other countries |
imports | Products a country buys from other countries |
interdependence | Depending on another country for resources or goods and services |
birthrate | Number of births per 1,000 people in a year |
death rate | Number of deaths per 1,000 people in a year |
population density | The average number of people living within a square mile or square kilometer |
overpopulation | More people than a region or country can self-support |
migration | Movement of people |
emigrant | Person who leaves one place for another |
immigrant | Person who arrives from another country |
globalization | Process in which connections around the world increase and cultures around the world share similar practices |
popular culture | Widely shared beliefs, tastes, goals, and practices |
refugees | People who flee to another country, usually for economic or political reasons |
famine | A great shortage of food |
humanitarian aid | Medicine, food, and shelter that international relief agencies give to people in need |
droughts | Periods when little rain falls and crops are damaged |