chpt. 6

Question 1

another type of economy

Answer 1

market economy

Question 2

this system lets competition among business determine the price of products

Answer 2

free enterprise

Question 3

in this system, business, industries, and resources are privately owned

Answer 3

capitalism

Question 4

the government decides what to produce, where to make it, and what price to charge

Answer 4

command economy

Question 5

an economic and political system in which the government owns or controls almost all the means of production

Answer 5

communism

Question 6

the total value of goods and services that a country produces in a year.

Answer 6

national product (GNP)

Question 7

includes only goods and services created within the country is called

Answer 7

Gross domesticproduct (GDP)

Question 8

the process by which manufacturing, based on machine power becomes widespread in an area.

Answer 8

industrialization

Question 9

the percentage of people who can read and write- also reflect standards of living

Answer 9

literacy rate

Question 10

the richest countries are called

Answer 10

developed countries

Question 11

a system of roads, ports, and other facilities needed by a modern economy.

Answer 11

infrastructure

Question 12

the worlds poorer countries are called

Answer 12

developing countries

Question 13

the total value of goods and services that a country produces in a year

Answer 13

gross national product (GNP)

Question 14

includes only goods and services created within the country is called

Answer 14

Gross domestic product

Question 15

the percentage of people who can read and write

Answer 15

literacy rate

Question 16

the richest countries

Answer 16

developed countries

Question 17

a system of roads, ports, and other facilities needed by a modern economy.

Answer 17

infrastructure

Question 18

the worlds poorest countries

Answer 18

developing countries

Question 19

learn how to grow and hunt for own use

Answer 19

domestication

Question 20

the growth in the proportion of people living in towns and cities is called

Answer 20

urbanization

Question 21

some cities grow into huge urban areas

Answer 21

world cities

Question 22

are transportation hubs where roads, railroads and buses come together.

Answer 22

central business district

Question 23

clusters of large buildings

Answer 23

edge cities

Question 24

the kind of agriculture practiced most widely around the world

Answer 24

subsistence agriculture

Question 25

farmers clear trees or brush for planting

Answer 25

shifting cultivation

Question 26

herding animals is called

Answer 26

pastoralism

Question 27

farmers grow products to sell to consumers

Answer 27

oriented agriculture

Question 28

the operation of specialized commercial farms with close links to others parts of the food industry.

Answer 28

agribusiness

Question 29

boundaries that follow a feature of the landscape are called

Answer 29

natural boundaries

Question 30

boundaries that are based on culture traits, such as religion or language is called

Answer 30

cultural boundaries

Question 31

boundaries that follow regulars, geometric patterns are called

Answer 31

geometric boundaries

Question 32

feeling pride and loyalty for one country or culture group is called

Answer 32

nationalism

Question 33

one person or a few people decide what is best fro everyone

Answer 33

totalitarian governments

Question 34

system in which the people decide who will govern is called

Answer 34

democracy

Question 35

the amount of product that can be imported

Answer 35

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