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10/19/2009

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Population
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Tthe number of people who live in a specific area.
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Birth Rate
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The number of births per 1,000 people per year.
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Death Rate
Definition
The number of deaths per 1,000 people per year.
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Rate of Natural Increase
Definition
The death rate subtracted from the birth rate.
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Population Density
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The average number of people who live in a certain area.
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Urbanization
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The process of city development.
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Habitable Lands
Definition
Lands suitable for human living.
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Urban
Definition
Relating to, or locatedin, a city.
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Rural
Definition
Relating to the country or farming.
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Migrating
Definition
The process of relocating to a new region.
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Immigrant
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A person who leaves one area to settle in another.
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Push Factor
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A reason that causes people to leave an area.
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Pull Factor
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A reason that attracts people to another area.
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Culture
Definition
The shared attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors of a group.
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Diversity
Definition
Having many differnet ways to think or do something, or a variety of people.
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Discrimintation
Definition
Actions that might be hurtful to an individual or a group.
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Refugee
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A person who flees a place to find saftey
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Persecution
Definition
Cruel treatment on the basis of religion, race, ethnic groups, nationality, political veiws, gender, or class.
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Natural Resource
Definition
Something that is found in nature that is necessary or useful to humans.
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Economy
Definition
A system for producing and exchanging goods and services among a group of people.
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Economic Systems
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A way people use resources to make and exchange goods.
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Command Ecomony
Definition
An economic system in which the production of goods and services is decided by a central government.
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Market Economy
Definition
An economic system in which the production of goods and services is decided by supply and the demand of consumers.
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Gross Domestic Production (GDP)
Definition
The total value of all the goods and services produced in a country in a year.
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Export
Definition
A product or recource sold to another coiuntry.
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Import
Definition
A product or recource that comes into a country.
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Specialization
Definition
A focus on producing a limited number of specific products.
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Raw Material
Definition
An unproccesed natural recources that will will be converted to a finished product.
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Government
Definition
An organization set up to make and enforce rules for a society.
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Citizen
Definition
a person who owes loyalty to a country and recives its protection.
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Representative democracy
Definition
a type of government in which citizens hold political power through elected representatives.
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monarchy
Definition
a type of governmet in which ruling family headed by a king or queen holds political power.
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oligarchy
Definition
a type of government in which a small group of people holds power.
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Dictatorship
Definition
a type of government in which an individual holds complete power.
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communism
Definition
a type of government in which the communist party holds all political powerand controls the economy.
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