| A | B |
|---|
| absolute location | an exact longitude and latitude coordinate or address on the Earth's surface. |
| adapt | make something suitable for a new purpsoe, to change for a new environment |
| colonize | establish a colony in or on |
| constitution | the supreme law of a country the sets up how the government works and identifies rights that belong to citizens |
| cultural diffusion | the spreading of ideas or things from one culture to another |
| elect | carefully selected by voting |
| tertiary industries | service industries such as banking, entertainment, education, and medical care |
| conflict | an extended struggle |
| historical | concerning history or past events |
| mining | to dig up valuable minerals from mines in the earth |
| natural resources | gifts from nature such as mineral like oil, coal, gold, and silver; forests for wood; clean water for drinking; rich soil for growing food |
| pollution | to spoil with human waste |
| migration | the movement of people from one place to another |
| population density | number of people living in a space, people per square mile, people for square kilogram |
| relative location | describing where something is by telling what is near it |
| unlimited government | a government with too much power, where leaders do not have to obey laws, where citizens are often abused by members of the government |
| limited government | a government where leaders are chosen by the people and where leaders must obey the rule of law |
| rural | relating to the countryside or areas with small populations |
| secondary industry | manufacturing businesses such as factories, food or mineral processing plants, or construction companies |
| primary industries | farming, ranching, forestry, and mining businesses |
| territory | an area ussually with a small population that is controlled by a government |
| representative government | a government in which people are represented by person chosen from among them by election. |
| geographic factors | things that affect what happens in a place such as physical features (landforms like mountains, rivers, lakes, etc) and human features such as the number of roads built, the available technology, etc. |
