| A | B |
|---|
| agriculture | working the land to grow crops |
| arable | land suitable for growing crops |
| area | amount of surface within given limits (sq. mi.) |
| birth rate | number of births in a given population over a period of time |
| border | on a map, lines of separation between countries |
| cardinal directions | N, S, E, W |
| intermediate directions | NE, NW, SE, SW |
| cash crop | crops grown for profit |
| commercial farming | farming that sells goods for profit |
| communism | the govt. owns and runs most businesses |
| culture | customs, beliefs, way of life of people |
| currency | money |
| currency exchange rate | value of money when exchanged between countries |
| debt | something owed to another |
| democracy | govt. ruled by the people |
| dictator | single, controlling ruler of a nation |
| drought | very dry period without rain |
| earthquake | powerful forces produced by movements within the earth |
| economy | sum total of goods/svc. in a nation |
| equator | imaginary line on earth dividing north/south |
| erosion | wearing away of land by water, wind, rain |
| ethnic group | people having distinctive characteristics such as language, religion, etc. |
| export | to send or sell goods to another country |
| famine | starvation |
| geography | study of the earth |
| human region | area of human activity |
| import | to buy or bring goods into a country |
| indigenous | native or natural to an area |
| industry | manufacturing concerns of a nation |
| irrigation | providing water to the land |
| longitude | lines run north/south |
| latitude | lines run east/west |
| life expectancy | avg. length of life |
| literacy rate | being able to read/write |
| manufacturing | making of a product |
| map key | section of a map that tells what the symbols mean |
| map symbol | picture on a map, giving information |
| monarchy | govt. headed by a king or queen |
| representative democracy | people are elected to represent citizens of the country |
| rural | living on a farm |
| subsistence farming | farming that supplies only enough food to feed the family |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| tariff | tax on imported goods |
| terrain | shape of the land |
| urban | living in the city |
| urbanization | changing or moving from rural to cities |
| free enterprise | free market economy |
| primary source | journal entry; diary; interview |
| secondary source | textbook; encyclopedia; second-hand information |
| chronological order | in the order of time and dates |
