The Shape of the Earth
This part of a map shows directions on the map.
What is a compass rose?
An element of a culture (i.e. language, clothing, food, etc.)
What is a cultural trait?
The study of statistics about populations.
What is demographics?
A type of government where people hold political power.
What is democracy?
What are goods?
An area of land that receives very little precipitation and cannot promote much plant life.
A cultural trait that has to do with the system of beliefs of a certain people.
What is religion?
A type of graph that shows the age distribution of a population.
What is a population pyramid?
A type of government where one person holds political power.
What is autocracy?
Things that people do.
What are services?
Parallel lines that run east to west but measure north or south of the Equator are called this.
What is latitude?
The food, clothing, and traditions of a group make up this.
What is culture?
The total number of people that live in an area.
What is population?
A type of government where a king or queen rules with unlimited power.
What is an absolute monarchy?
A type of economic system where individuals make economic decisions.
What is a market economy?
This part of the map unlocks the meaning of a map’s symbols and colors.
What is the key, or legend?
When people move and bring their customs and ideas to a new place, it is known as this.
What is cultural diffusion?
The number of people that live within a certain area, usually square mile or kilometer.
What is population density?
The 3 main purposes of government are to keep order, _________________, and protect the common good.
What is provide services?
A type of economic system where a central government makes the economic decisions.
What is a command economy?
The measure of weather in a place over time is called this.
What is climate?
The most basic unit and building block of society.
What is the family?
A country that has a higher birth rate than death rate would have what kind of population?
What is a growing population.
A type of government where a small group of people hold political power.
What is oligarchy?
These two things directly affect the price of goods and services.
What are supply and demand?