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Chapter One: The Tools Of Global Studies Flashcards

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extended family

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parents, children, and other generations or family members living together

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culture

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a system of learned and shared concepts and rules used to interpret experience and guide social behavior

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nuclear family

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parents and children living together

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social class

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a standard of living based on education, family, position in society, ad wealth

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matriarchal

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female oriented

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patriarchal

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male oriented

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monotheism

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belief that there is one god

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polytheism

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belief that there are many gods

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confederal

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a loose union of independent territories

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federal

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divides the powers of government between the national government and local governments

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unitary

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gives all powers to the national or central government

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democracy

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rule by many people

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autocracy

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rule by one person

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monarchy

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a king or queen exercises the supreme powers of government

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oligarchy

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any system of government in which a small group holds power

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traditional economy

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produces whatever the customs and traditions dictate by hand to be divided equally (limited parts of the world)

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market economy

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produces whatever the consumer wants and can afford by businesses and private individuals or groups for consumer who have enough money (no country in the world)

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command economy

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produces whatever the government decides should get produces by the government to create equality (communism nations)

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mixed economy

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produces whatever the consumer want and can afford

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law of supply and demand

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as the supply of something goes up, demand and price go down, and as supply goes down, demand and price go up

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“blue collar”

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physical work

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“white collar”

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office work

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“pink collar”

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service work held by women

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demography

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the study of statistics such as birth, death, income, or the incidence of disease

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birthrate

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annual amount of births per 1000 people

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deathrate

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annual amount of deaths per 1000 people

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natural increase

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difference between the birth and death rates

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doubling time

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the amount of time it takes for a population to double

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negative population growth

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when the annual death rate exceeds the annual birth rate

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zero population growth

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an equivalent birth and death rate

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population distribution

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the pattern of where people live

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population density

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the number of people per square mile/kilometer

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absolute location

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the specific location of a place based on coordinates of longitude and latitude

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relative location

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describing the location of a place in relationship to other places

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latitude

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measures degrees north or south of the equator

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longitude

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measures degrees north or south of the prime meridian

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prime meridian

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line dividing the western and eastern hemispheres

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equator

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line dividing the northern and southern hemispheres

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place

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describing an area based on its physical and human characteristics

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interaction with environment

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the idea that people adapt to or change their environment

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movement

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traveling from one place to another based off of a variety of reasons

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export

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moved out of the county or region

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import

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moved into the country or region

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region

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when two or more places share unifying characteristics

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modernization

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countries moving from from agricultural to manufacturing and industrial activities

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commercial farming

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farming large amount of land to sell and feed many people

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subsistence farming

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growing only enough food for family needs

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primary economic activity

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taking or using natural resources directly from the earth

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secondary economic activity

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using raw material to produce more new and valuble products

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tertiary economic activity

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activities that provide services to people and businesses

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quaternary economic activity

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processing, management, and distribution of information

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developing

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countries working towards greater manufacturing and technology use

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tariff/protective tariff

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tax on imported goods

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quota

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certain number of goods

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embargo

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banning trade altogether

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