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| Technological Innovation | , improving an existing technology or resource in order to meet a new need |
| Globalization | the development of a global or worldwide society in which people, money, information & goods flow fairly freely across national borders |
| Natural Resources | materials on or underneath the Earth’s surface that have economic value |
| Infrastructure | basic systems that are necessary to allow for economic success & growth (roads, bridges, computers, electricity, sanitation, water, etc.) |
| Standard of Living | a term used to describe the overall quality of life experienced by the majority of the people in a country |
| Level of Development | based upon statistics, geographers categorize countries into levels of development |
| Levels of Economic Activity | economic activity has been organized into four categories |
| Economic System | the manner in which a society produces & distributes goods & services |
| Scarcity | the condition of something being scarce; not enough to satisfy everyone’s needs |
| Economic | anything related to the production & exchange of goods & services |
| Pull Factors | , characteristics of a place that attract (pull) migrants |
| Push Factors | factors that drive (push) migrants from their homes to a new place |
| Migration | movement of people between and within regions |
| Demographic Indicators | population statistics that help geographers categorize countries & regions |
| Rural | characteristic of country life |
| Urban | characteristic of city life |
| Urbanization | migration from rural areas to cities |
| Cultural Hearths | the first human civilizations were responsible for developing the basic elements of culture and human settlement |
| Population | the total number of people who inhabit an area, region, or country, or the number of people in a particular group who inhabit an area |
| Culture | Makes Specific Regions of the World Unique |
| Animism | the belief in the existence of individual spirits that inhabit nature |
| Polytheism | a religion based upon the belief in multiple gods |
| Monotheism | a religion based upon the belief in one god |
| Religion | belief system involving the worship of a god or gods, and/or a general set of beliefs hat explain the existence / meaning of the universe & human life |
| Underrepresented Populations | groups within a country that are underrepresented or have less opportunity (politically, socially, educationally, economically, etc.) |
| Social Class / Caste | A way of grouping people who share similar wealth, power or other social components which enables them certain opportunities only available to members of specific class |
| Cultural | anything related to the way of life of a group of people |
