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| Third World | countries of thw world that are working to develop modern industrial economic |
| geography | the study of people, their environment, and their resources |
| location | its position on the earths surface |
| latitude | measures distances north and south of the equator |
| longitude | measures distances north and south of the prime meridian |
| export | goods sent to markets outside a country |
| interdependence | the dependence of countries on goods, resources, and knowledge from other parts of the world |
| map projection | ways of showing the curved earth of a flat surface |
| topography | the physical features of a place or region |
| vegetation | the plant life or place or region |
| mountain | high, steep, rugges land that rises above the surrounding land |
| elevation | height above sea level |
| hill | areas of raised land |
| plain | large areas of fairly level or gently rolling land |
| plateau | large areas of high, flat pr gently rolling land |
| climate | the average weather a place has over a period of 20 - 30 years |
| culture | all the things that make up a people's entire way of life |
| nuclear family | includes wife, husband, and their children |
| extended family | several generations living in one household |
| monotheism | worship of one god |
| polytheism | worship of more than one god |
| democracy | the people have supreme power |
| republic | the peopel choose the leaders that they want to represent them |
| dictatorship | a ruler or group holds power by force |
| technology | refers to the skills and tools people use today |
| diffusion | the movement of ideas from place to place |
| subculture | a group within a society who share certain beliefs |
| ethnocentrism | judge other cultures by the standards of their own culture |
| racism | the belief that one racial group is naturally superior to another |
| nomad | hunters that hunt larger animals like bison or mamoths |
| Agricultural Revolution | period during which early people began to farm and tame animals |
| civilization | a highly organization group of people with their own language and ways of living |
| archaeologist | scientists whos study the objects left by early people |
| artisan | skilled craftworkers |
| Industrial Revolution | a period when machines replaced hand tools, and steam and electricity replaced human and animal power |
| Cold War | communist vs the democrats after World War II |
| capital | money |
| entrepreneur | people who risked money to set of businesses |
| urbanization | growth of cities |
| imperalism | the control by one conntry of the political, economic, or cultural life or another country or region |
| westernization | adoption of western culture |
| nationalism | pride in loyalty to one's country |
| debt crisis | inability of developing nations to pay large sums of money borrowed for development projects |
| population explosion | an increase of populatin due to better health care |
| cash crop | crops that were grown for money such as cotton, rice, coffee, and sugar |
| modernization | stable governments ; produce high level goods |
| tariff | tax on imported goods |
| privatization | private investors to improve quality and efficiency |
| literacy | the ability to read and write |
| population density | the average number of people of living in an area of a specific size |
| economic diversity | producing various kinds of crops and goods so that the nation is no longer dependent on a single export |
| United Nations | delegates from 51 nations who promised to preserve worls peace and to cooperate in solving golbal and social and economic problems |
| Helsinki Agreement | an ageement that states that freedom of speech, religion, and the press are basic human rights, the nations agreed to protect the rights of their own to get a fair trial, to earn a living, and to live a safety from attack |
| Stone Age | a period when people learned to make stone tools and weapons |
