Chapter 4 Test

Question 0

Ethnic group

Answer 0

Refers to a group that shares a language, customs, and a common heritage

Question 1

Culture

Answer 1

The total knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by an passed on by the members of a specific group

Question 2

Innovation

Answer 2

Taking existing technology and resources and creating something new to meet a need

Question 3

Diffusion

Answer 3

The spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of a behavior

Question 4

Religion

Answer 4

Consists of a belief in a supernatural power of powers that are regarded as the creators and maintainers of the universe

Question 5

Domestication

Answer 5

Makes animals in the wild tamed

Question 6

Cultural trait

Answer 6

Behaviors or activity of a society

Question 7

Subsistence agriculture

Answer 7

Just growing enough for your own self

Question 8

Commercial agriculture

Answer 8

Growing food to sell for everybody else

Question 9

Demography

Answer 9

A geographic study of people and population

Question 10

Birth rate

Answer 10

The number of live births per thousand population

Question 11

Death rate

Answer 11

The number of of deaths per thousand per population

Question 12

Immigrant

Answer 12

A person who migrates to another country, usually for permanent residence

Question 13

Emigrant

Answer 13

A person who leaves one country or region to go to another

Question 14

Nationalism

Answer 14

The belief that people should be loyal to their nation, the people with whom they share land, culture, and history

Question 15

Infrastructure

Answer 15

The basic support systems needed to keep an economy going including education systems and transportation

Question 16

Fundamentalism

Answer 16

A form of a religion, especially Islam or Protestant Christianty, that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture

Question 17

Totalitarian government

Answer 17

Government not run by the people, all aspects of your life are controlled
Ex: Cuba

Question 18

Democratic government

Answer 18

Government by the people, citizens hold political power

Question 19

Tariff

Answer 19

A tax on imports

Question 20

Literacy

Answer 20

The ability to read and write

Question 21

Suburbs

Answer 21

Political units touching the borders of the central city or touching other suburbs that touch the city

Question 22

Urbanization

Answer 22

The dramatic rise in the number of cities and the changes in life style

Question 23

Capitalism

Answer 23

An economy run by the government

Question 24

Market economy

Answer 24

A community run by the people

Question 25

Command economy

Answer 25

A community run by the government

Question 26

Communism

Answer 26

Political power is held by the government in the name of all the peopl

Question 27

Renewable resources

Answer 27

Resources that can be replaced through natural processes

Ex: trees

Question 28

Nonrenewable resources

Answer 28

Resources that can’t be replaced once they have been removed from the ground
Ex: metals like gold, silver iron. Fossil fuels like petroleum, coal, and natural gas

Question 29

Fossil fuel

Answer 29

Amy combustible organic material