Culture
What is an immigrant?
people who move to a new country
What are natural resources?
useful items that come from nature like wood comes from trees
What does supply and demand refer to?
Supply and demand refers to the economy (buying and selling).
What is a community?
A a community is place where people work, live and play.
What is a climate?
The weather in a place measured over time.
What is diversity?
when a population is made up of different types of people
What is a natural disaster?
a natural event such as a flood, earthquake, or hurricane that causes great damage or loss of life
What is an economy?
All the businesses in a place, such as a community or a country.
What is a strike?
When workers stop working to try to get something they want such as better working conditions and pay.
What are the 4 oceans?
Indian, Arctic, Pacific and Atlantic
What does it mean to be tolerant?
To be tolerant is to be respectful of other people who might have differing views than you.
What is a fossil fuel?
a fuel that comes from the fossils or remains of animals and plants
What pays for public services?
A public service is paid for with taxes.
Global trade sometimes takes jobs away from richer countries. How does this effect the economy?
There are less expensive items to buy but people might not have jobs.
What is the name of the "line" that divides the northern and southern hemisphere's?
The equator.
What is culture?
A way of life shared by a group of people.
What is toxic waste?
Toxic waste is poisonous trash or garbage.
Suppose there is a hard freeze in Plant City in January. What happens to the strawberry market?
Strawberries would be harder to get. Supply would go down and prices would increase.
What does the global community consist of?
Every living thing in the world.
What is an environment?
Earth's air, water, soil, and living things.
Before 1850 most children who went to school met what two requirements?
Wealthy and a boy.
What is a NONrenewable resource?
A resource that can NOT be made again in a short time.
What is a budget?
A plan for how to use money.
What is global trade? Give an example.
Global trade is the buying and selling of goods and service between countries around the world.
What are the seven continents.
Africa, Australia, North America, South America, Europe, Antarctica, Asia.