Economic
Political
Social
Environmental
Vocabulary
100

Farming, mining, ranching, for example.

What are jobs in the Primary Sector?

100

A government led by one person who has absolute power.

What is a dictatorship?

100

The belief in one god.

What is monotheism?

100

Seasonal winds bringing heavy rain or dry weather, especially in South Asia.

What is a monsoon?

100

The exact coordinates (latitude & longitude) of a place.

What is absolute location?

200

Police officers, nurses, & attorneys - for example.

What are jobs in the tertiary sector.

200

A government where the king/queen has unlimited power.

What is an Absolute Monarchy?
200

A philosophy based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, emphasizing enlightenment and reincarnation.

What is Buddhism?

200

Resources that can be replaced naturally. 

What is a renewable resource?

What are renewable resources?

200

The spread of culture traits from one region to another.

What is cultural diffusion?

300

An economic system where the government controls all aspects of the economy.

What is a Command Economy?

300

Historical event where various European countries created colonies in Africa, stole natural resources, and disregarded the needs of the people living there.

What was the European Colonization of Africa?

What was the Scramble for Africa?

300

A polytheistic religion originating in India, focused on Karma and reincarnation.

What is Hinduism?

300
Resources like sunlight and wind, for example.

What are Inexhaustible Energy Resources?

300

A group of people sharing a common culture, language, and heritage.

What is ethnicity?

400

A graph showing the age and gender distribution of a population.

What is a population pyramid?

400

Ruling party restricts opposition parties and controls all aspects of the government.

What is a Single - Party State/System?
400

Two regions often linked because of their common language, religion, and cultural traditions.

What are Southwest Asia and North Africa?

400

A massive hydroelectric dam on China's Yangtze River.

What is the Three Gorges Dam?

400

Someone forced to leave their country due to conflict or disaster.

What is a refugee?

500

GDP per Capita, literacy rate, and healthcare.

What are the best indicators of a country's standard of living?

500

The government system of Japan and the United Kingdom.

What is a Limited Monarchy?

500

A genocide taking place in 1994 where the Hutu-led government and extremists committed genocide against the Tutsis.

What is the Rwandan Genocide?

500

A critical trade route and military gateway linking South Asia and Central Asia - vital to the movement of goods, people, and armies throughout history.

What is the Khyber Pass?

500
The geologic force that helps shape Mt. Everest into what we see today.

What is weathering?

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