| A | B |
|---|
| culture | way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs |
| ethnic group | group of people who share a common culture, language, or history |
| dialect | local form of a language that differsfrom the language in other areas |
| monarchy | kings and queens inherit the right to rule |
| dictators | take control of the government and rule as they wish |
| democracy | people of the country hold the power of government |
| market economy | individuals make decision on what to produce |
| free enterprise | people have the right to own property, businesses, and run them for profit without government interferance |
| command economy | government owns the businesses and decdes what and how much to produce |
| civilizations | highly developed cultures |
| death rate | number of people out of every 1,000 who die each year |
| birthrate | number of children born each year of every 1000 people |
| famine | lack of food |
| population density | number of people living in a square mile or square kilometer |
| urbanization | movement to the cities |
| emigrate | people who leave their counrty fo another |
| refugees | people who flee to another country to escape pesecution or disaster |
| tariff | tax added to the price of goods that are imported |
| import | buy goods from another country |
| export | trade goods to another country |
| quota | number limit put on how many items can be imported from a particular country |
| free trade | taking down trade barriers so that goods flow freely among countries |
| desalinization | removing salt from seawater |
| ecosystems | places where the plants and animals are dependent upon one another and their particular surroundings for survival |
| deforestation | cutting down forests |
| erosion | wind or water carries soil away leavinf land less fertile than before |
| crop rotation | changing what is planted in a field to avoid using all the minerals in the soil |
| pesticides | chemical that kill crop destroying insects |
| conservation | careful use of resources so they are not wasted |
| acid rain | rain containing high amounts of chemical pollutants |
