Geography
What continent do you live in?
North America
What is an economic indicator?
Something that tells you how developed a country's economy is.
What is the meaning of 'Factors of Production'?
Things needed to create and sell products.
What type of government does the United States have?
Representative Democracy
What is cultural diffusion?
The blending of different cultures
Where is Sub-Saharan Africa?
indicate on map
What are the 3 classifications of an economy's development?
Less Developed
Newly Developed
More Developed
What are the 4 factors of production?
Land, Capital, Entrepreneurship, Labor
What type of government does China have?
Communist
What are the major religions practiced in the middle east?
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Where is the middle east?
indicate on map
What is GDP per Capita?
It is a country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) divided by the country's total population.
Gross Domestic Product is the value of all products and services produced by a country.
What is labor?
work
What is a representative democracy?
A form of limited government where citizens elect officials to make laws and govern on their behalf.
What is an example of Globalization?
K-Pop spreading to the US.
McDonald's spreading to Asia.
Low population because it is a desert with very little water and it is difficult to survive there.
What is Literacy Rate?
The percentage of people who can read and write in a country.
What is capital?
equipment or buildings
What is communism?
It is an unlimited government where there is no private ownership of property or businesses, and the government controls everything and makes all decisions.
What major religions originated in India?
Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism
What are monsoons?
Where do they commonly occur?
What crop grows well with the flooding from monsoons?
Monsoons are a climate pattern that cause a season with heavy rains and a dry season.
They occur in tropical regions, such as India.
Rice
Which country is more developed? Why?
Country GDP Per Life Infant Mortality
Capita Expectancy Rate
India $9,200 68.2 years 30.4
Pakistan $5,400 70.3 years 51.8
India - higher GDP per capita, lower infant mortality rate
What is entrepreneurship?
Starting and running a business
What was the conflict during The Cold War?
The United States was promoting democracy and trying to convince other countries to become democratic. At the same time, the Soviet Union was promoting communism and trying to convince other countries to become communist.
What is the Pacific Ring of Fire and what causes it?
The Ring of Fire is an area on earth that causes earthquakes and volcanoes because of the large Pacific tectonic plate moving against the surrounding tectonic plates.