Vocabulary
A period of slow economic growth or decline
What is recession?
The movement of people from one place to settle in another place
What is migration?
these can make international trade difficult
Government in which citizens elect officials who govern
What is representative government?
a "half-sphere," used to refer to one-half of the globe when divided into North and South or East and West
What is a hemisphere?
the four type of hemispheres
What are Northern, Southern, Western, and Eastern?
The lack of resources
scarcity
the division of power among the branches of government
What is separation of powers?
a map that shows themes or patters such as climate, natural resources, or population
What is a special-purpose map?
What are projections?
The act of running a business and taking on the risks of that business
Government in which citizens elect officials who govern
What is a representative government?
the growth in free trade between countries
What is globalization?
two imaginary lines that measure distance along the Earth
What are longitude and latitude?
Goods that are sent from one country to another and goods brought into a country from another country
What are exports and imports?
the rights and responsibilities for these types of people
What are citizens?
What is capital?
The world in spatial terms, places and regions, physical system, human systems, environment and society, and the use of geography
What are the 6 essential elements?
One is based on custom and the other is controlled by a central government
What is the difference between command economy and traditional economy?
The three branches of government
What are judicial, executive, and legislative?