Culture Flashcards
Culture
A learned system of shared beliefs and ways of doing things that guides a persons daily behavior
Culture region
Where a culture dominates a particular region
Ethnic groups
Groups that include history, tradition, and region
Multicultural
When people of different cultures live in the same area
Race
Based on inherited physical or biological traits
Diffusion
The spread of culture to different cultures
Acculturation
When people borrow aspects of another culture as the result of long term contact with another society
Symbol
A sign that stands for something else
Domestication
When wild plants and animals are slowly transformed to be dependent on people
Subsistence farming
Growing enough food to feed your self and family
Commercial farming
Large farms that grow enough crops to sell and make a profit
Civilization
When a culture and comes highly complex
Demography
The branch of geography that studies human populations
Demographers
Geographers who study demography
How many people per square mile does the US have
92.6
Birth rate
The number of births per 1000 people
Death rate
The annual number of deaths per 1000
Economic
The study of production distribution and use of goods and services
Primary industries
Activities that directly involve natural resources or raw materials
Like farming or mining
Secondary industries
Change raw materials into finished products
Like oil refinery or saw mill
Tertiary industries
Handle goods that are ready to be sold to consumers
this could be stores that store products
Quaternary
Specialized skills that work with information instead of goods such as researchers and administrators
Gross national product
Not made is USA but sold here
Gross domestic product
Made and sold in US
Developed country
Countries with strong secondary tertiary and quaternary industries usually have good healthcare and education
Like Russia and US
Developing countries
Poor countries that are still trying to become a developed country
Like Nigeria and Haiti
Free enterprise system
Companies that can make whatever goods they want
Factors of production
Things that determine what goods are produced in a country
Entrepreneurs
People who start a business in a free enterprise system
Command economy
Government that controls the economy
sometimes these are communist countries
Traditional economy
Based on custom and tradition
Democratic government
Voters elect leaders and rule by majority
Unlimited government
Total control over their country
Limited government
Leaders are held accountable by Citizen through their constitutions and democratic process
