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The total number of births per 1,000 population divided by the length of the period in years.
birthrate
The ideas, customs, and social behavior of a particular people or society.
culture
This type of resource resource, essentially, has an endless supply such as solar energy, wind energy, and geothermal pressure.
renewable resource
any navigable body of water.
waterway
Areas with distinct climates, which occur in east-west direction around the Earth.
climate zones
A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
refugee
The process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide.
globalization
The reliance of two or more people or things on each other.
interdependence
Any form of precipitation with acidic components, such as sulfuric or nitric acid that fall to the ground from the atmosphere in wet or dry forms.
acid rain
Trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn.
deciduous
The number of people per unit of area, usually quoted per square kilometer or square mile
population density
A particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group.
dialect
An agreement between two or more nations to reduce trade barriers to imports and exports among them.
free trade
(of a country or region) almost or entirely surrounded by land.
landlocked
Of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves.
coniferous
To leave one's own country in order to settle permanently in another.
emigrate
The spread of one culture's practices, beliefs, and/or items, like food, music, or tools.
cultural diffusion
A tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.
tariff
The easiest routes for people to travel across steep mountain ranges.
pass
A strong, cold, northwesterly wind that blows from southern France into the Gulf of Lion in the northern Mediterranean.
mistral
The decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change.
urbanization
Aspects of culture associated with an ethnic or language group and the territory it inhabits.
culture region
A limited quantity of a particular product which under official controls can be produced, exported, or imported.
quota
(of a waterway or sea) able to be sailed on by ships or boats.
navigable
Mediterranean wind that comes from the Sahara
sirocco