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| Culture | The way of life of people who share similar beliefs and customs. |
| Ethnic Group | People who share a common history, language, religion, and physical characteristics. |
| Dialect | Local form of a language that differs from the main language in pronunciation or the meaning of words. |
| Democracy | Government in which leaders rule with consent of the citizens. |
| Dictatorship | Government under the control of one all-powerful leader. |
| Monarchy | Form of government in which a king or queen inherits the right to rule. |
| Cultural Diffusion | The process of spreading new knowledge and skills to other cultures. |
| Civilizations | Highly developed cultures |
| Culture Region | Different countries that have culture traits in common. |
| Death Rate | Number of people out of every 1,000 that die in a year.. |
| Birthrate | Number of children born each year for every 1,000 people. |
| Famine | Lack of food. |
| Population Density | Average number of people living in a square mile or square kilometer. |
| Urbanization | Movement to cities. |
| Emigrate | To move to another country. |
| Refugee | Person who flees to another country to escape persecution or disaster. |
| Natural Resource | Product of the earth that people use to meet their needs. |
| Renewable Resource | Natural resource that cannot be used up or can be replaced naturally or grown again. |
| Nonrenewable Resource | Natural resource such as minerals that cannot be replaced. |
| Economic System | System that sets rules for how people decide what goods and services to produce and how they are exchanged. |
| Export | To trade goods to other countries. |
| Import | To buy goods from another country. |
| Tariff | Tax added to the value of goods that are imported. |
| Quota | Number limit on how many items of a particular product can be imported from a particular country. |
| Free Trade | Removing trade barriers so that goods flow freely among countries. |
| Developed Country | Country in which a great deal of manufacturing is carried out. |
| Developing Country | Country that is working toward industrialization. |
| Rights | The benefits and protections guaranteed by law. |
| Responsibilities | Duties owed by citizens to their government and other citizens. |
| Interdependence | Dependence of countries on one another for goods, raw materials to make goods, and markets in which to sell goods. |
| Globalization | Development of a world culture and an interdependent world economy. |
