Government Systems
A government led by a king or queen.
What is a monarchy?
An economic system in which individuals and businesses make most economic decisions.
What is a market economy?
The economic sector that turns raw materials into products.
What is the secondary sector?
The imaginary line around which Earth spins.
What is Earth's axis?
A dry biome that receives very little rainfall.
What is a desert?
A region defined by a measurable shared characteristic.
What is a formal region?
A government in which citizens elect representatives.
What is a republic?
An economic system in which the government makes most production and pricing decisions.
What is a command economy?
The economic sector that provides services to people and businesses.
What is the tertiary sector?
Earth's movement around the Sun.
What is revolution?
The climate factor that measures how high a place is above sea level.
What is elevation?
A region organized around a central point and its connections.
What is a functional region?
A government controlled by religious leaders or religious law.
What is a theocracy?
An economic system that combines private ownership with some government control.
What is a mixed economy?
The economic sector that collects raw materials from nature.
What is the primary sector?
Earth's spinning movement that takes about 24 hours.
What is rotation?
The biome found mostly near the equator with year-round heat and heavy rainfall.
What is the tropical rainforest?
A region based on people's ideas, feelings, or beliefs.
What is a perceptual region?
A government in which one ruler holds most or all power.
What is a dictatorship?
The economic system most closely associated with capitalism.
What is a market economy?
The economic sector that includes knowledge, research, and education.
What is the quaternary sector?
The cause of Earth's seasons.
What is the tilt of Earth's axis as Earth revolves around the Sun?
A tropical grassland biome with distinct wet and dry seasons.
What is the savanna?
A wall built to hold back floodwater.
What is a levee?
The form of government in Saudi Arabia is led by a royal family.
What is a monarchy?
The country from the notes that is matched with communism.
What is North Korea?
Small-scale production often completed in a home or small workshop.
What is a cottage industry?
The process in which wind and water wear away and move rock or soil.
What is erosion?
A cold forest biome with long winters and evergreen trees.
What is the taiga?
This term describes the changes people make to the natural environment, such as building roads, levees, homes, or seawalls.
What is modifying the environment?