Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Economic Geography
Urban and Rural Geography
Political Geography
100
In this economy people freely choose what to buy and sell
What is a market economy?
100
this is the percentage of people who can read an write
What is literacy rate?
100
In primary activities it uses this directly
What are natural resources?
100
This was the main way of life for most of human history
What is hunting and gathering?
100
This is an example of a natural boundary
What is a mountain, river, desert, lake, or ocean?
200
This is a system that lets competition among businesses to determine the price of products
What is free enterprise?
200
This is growing plants and taming animals for their own use
What is domestication?
200
Secondary Activities uses raw materials to
What is to produce and manufacture something new?
200
People could finally do this because of farming
What is settle permanently in one place?
200
This is a border based on cultural traits, such as religion or language
What is cultural traits?
300
This an economic and political system in which the government owns or controls almost all means of production.
What is communism?
300
This is food that is produced by a family for its own needs
What is subsistence agriculture?
300
This affects the location and patterns of economic activities
What are changes to technology, transportation, and communication?
300
This is the growth in the proportion of people living in towns and cities
What is urbanization?
300
These are boundaries in patterns.
What are geometric boundaries?
400
In this economy the government decides what to produce, where to make it, and what price to charge.
What is a command economy?
400
These are boundaries that follow a feature of the landscape
What are natural boundaries?
400
this is where you find traditional economies
What is mostly in the world's poorer countries?
400
Urban geography includes the study of city locations, sizes, land uses, and
What is urban problems?
400
What is terrorism?
What is the use of violence and fear as a political force?
500
In this system, businesses, industries, and resources are privately owned
What is capitalism?
500
These are taxes on imports and exports
What are tariffs?
500
This is the type of economies rich countries have
What is a market economy?
500
What are the three factors of city growth?
What is location near key resources, location along transportation and trade routes, and located at easily defended sites?
500
What are the main goals of the UN?
What is to settle disputes between countries and try to prevent wars...disease, hunger, and illiteracy?
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