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| famine | a severe food shortage |
| birth rate | number of live births each year for every 1000 people |
| life expectancy | number of years that the average person is expected to live |
| migration | movement from one country or region to another |
| rural | areas of low population density: villages, farmland |
| suburb | urbanized community located near a larger city |
| population density | number of people living in a given area |
| developing country | country in which industries are still new and small |
| metropolitan area | a city plus its suburbs |
| megalopolis | when neighboring metropolitan areas join into one huge metropolitan area |
| frontier | a stretch of unsettled area |
| border | recognized separation between countries or regions |
| unitary government | central government makes all basic decisions. other governments see that these decisions are carried out |
| federal system | central government shares power with other levels of government |
| authoritarian government | one person or a small group has complete authoity to make and carry out laws |
| dictator | single person who rules a government |
| totalitarian government | a highly authoritarian government which controls nearly every aspect of the paople's lives |
| democracy | rule by the people |
| representative democracy | the people elect others to run the government for them |
| nation | a group of people who believe they belong together. They have similar values and beliefs |
| nationalism | the belief that a nation should have its own land and its own government |
| primary economic activity | the gathering of natural resources |
| secondary economic activity | changing natural resources through a manufacturing process |
| tertiary economic activity | activity related to the sale and distribution of a product |
| alliance | political agreement among nations to assist one another if threatened or attacked |
| linkage | transportation and communication that links areas or people |
| free enterprise | private citizens own resources, technology, and businesses |
| socialism | government owns most large businesses, individuals own smaller ones |
| communism | government owns nearly all resources and businesses |
| commercial activity | economic activity which produces goods and services for sale |
| subsistence activity | economic activity which produces goods for the individual's use |
| GNP | Gross National Product - a measure of a country's economic system |
| per capita GNP | Gross National Produce per person - a good guide to standard of living |
| interdependent | nations of the world depend on one another for some of their needs |
| export | to sell goods or services to another country |
| import | to buy goods or services from another country |
| balance of trade | a comparison of a country's exports and imports |
| tariff | a tax on imported goods designed to inhibit trade |
| free trade agreement | a treaty between countries to reduce tariffs and increase trade |
| common market | a group of countries that reduce tariffs and take other measures to increase trade |
