World Population
Vocab
Vocab
•number of deaths per year our of every 1,000 people
death rate
•way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs
culture
•material from the Earth that people use to meet their needs
natural resource
•area that includes different countries that share similar cultural traits
cultural region
Challenges created by rapid population growth
food shortages, shortages of clean water and housing
What are the four difference kinds of economic systems called?
traditional
command
market
mixed
•number of children born each year for every 1,000 people
birthrate
•people with a common language, history, religion, and some physical traits
ethnic group
•natural resource that can be replaced naturally or grown again
renewable resource
•development of a world wide culture with an interdependent economy
globalization
What percent of the Earth is covered by land?
30%
How do geographers classify countries according to the strength of their economies (3)?
developed
developing
newly industrialized
•severe lack of food
famine
•local form of a language that may have a distinct vocabulary and pronunciation
dialect
•natural resource such as a mineral that cannot be replaced
nonrenewable resource
•to buy resources or goods from another country
import
What are the two causes of population growth?
decreased death rates and high birth rates
Nations ____________, or sell to other countries, extra resources or products
export
•average number of people living in a square mile or square kilometer
population density
•form of limited government in which power rests with the people, and all citizens share in running the government
democracy
•system that sets rules for deciding what goods and services to produce, how to produce them, and who will receive them
economic system
•tax added to the price of goods that are imported
tariff
Social groups included in a culture (4)
young and old
males and females
family
ethnic groups
Nations _____________, or buy from other countries, resources that they do not have or products they cannot
import
urbanization
•growth of cities
dictatorship
•form of government in which a leader rules by force and typically limits citizen’s freedoms
•country with an economy that has a mix of agriculture, great deal of manufacturing, and service industries and that is very productive and provides their people with a high standard of living
developed country
tariff
•tax added to the price of goods that are imported
What social group is most important?
family
tariffs
quotas
emigrate
•To leave a country and move to another
monarchy
•government led by a king or queen who inherited power by being born into ruling family
developing country
•country that has limited industry, where agriculture remains important, incomes are generally low
quota
•number limit on how many items of a particular product can be imported from a certain nation
What are ways that culture spreads (4)
trade
migration
conquests
communication (internet, tv, movies etc)
Why would a government want to use trade barriers?
To get people to buy products from their own country
refugee
•person who flees to another country to escape persecution or disaster
civilization
•highly developed culture
newly industrialized country
•country that is creating new manufacturing and business
free trade
•removal of trade restrictions so that goods flow freely among countries
Name three renewable resources
sun, wind, water, forests, rivers, soil
An example of a "push factor" for migration is a _______________ in the homeland
shortage of jobs
What two countries has Miss Jones been to?
Greece and Thailand
•process of spreading ideas, languages, and customs from one culture to another
cultural diffusion
export
•to sell goods or resources to other countries
interdependence
•condition that exists when countries rely on each other for good ideas, goods, services, and markets
Minerals
fossil fuels
In more recent years more and more countries and regions are sharing cultural traits resulting in a __________ culture
global