History chapter 4

Question 1

culture hearths

Answer 1

location where different cultures appeared around the world.

Question 2

language families

Answer 2

groups of languages with similar characteristics

Question 3

culture region

Answer 3

where a particular language is spoken

Question 4

Nation

Answer 4

is a large group of people with the same history

Question 5

ethnic groups

Answer 5

nations of the world

Question 6

cultural diffusion

Answer 6

the spread of cultural traits from one culture to another.

Question 7

third-culture kids

Answer 7

people who grow up in two or more countries.

Question 8

autocracy

Answer 8

government where 1 person rules. like dictatorship.

Question 9

dictatorship

Answer 9

can have more than 1 pearsone ruling, ussually by authority of military. most viewed negatively.

Question 10

theocracy

Answer 10

authoritarian system of government in wich the clergy rule and claim their authority from God, allah or some other dignity.

Question 11

oligarchy

Answer 11

small group of people holding ultimate authority common in undeveloped and developing countries. is a form of authoritarian government.

Question 12

democrcy

Answer 12

used to describe elected government.

Question 13

republics

Answer 13

where the people vote on representatives who vote on laws.

Question 14

foreighn policy

Answer 14

principles that guide a governments international relations.

Question 15

natural borders

Answer 15

such as oceans, mountains, rivers, or deserts to represent a nations borders. these are the best borders.

Question 16

geometric borders

Answer 16

most unstable. straight artificial lines ussually following lines of latitude or longitude.

Question 17

cultural boundaries

Answer 17

divide countrises based on religions such as when india was divided into Muslim and Hindu.

Question 18

deplomacy

Answer 18

the art of negotiating agreements beetween nations.

Question 19

capitalism

Answer 19

ecenomic system in wich private individuals own most of of the factors of production and make most of most economic decisions.

Question 20

economics

Answer 20

the study of the process on how to develop, distribute its resources and goods, and services.

Question 21

socalism

Answer 21

the government owns the major industries and promises to make production decisions for the welfare of society.

Question 22

command economy

Answer 22

the government chooses wish industries are developed, where they are built, and what they produce.

Question 23

communism

Answer 23

totalitarian form of government under wich the government own everything.

Question 24

mixed economy

Answer 24

attempts to combine elements of capitalism and socialism.

Question 25

highly developed countries

Answer 25

have advanced infrastructure, and industrialization, have higher per Capita standard of living.

Question 26

newly industrialized countries

Answer 26

transitioned from primarily agircultural industries to goods producing industries.

Question 27

developing countries

Answer 27

have a lower per Capita GDP, and their economies are primarily based on agirculture.

Question 28

demography

Answer 28

the study of human populations and their caracteristics.

Question 29

crude birthrates

Answer 29

the amount of children born per 1000 people.

Question 30

crude death rate

Answer 30

how many people die each year pe 1000 people.

Question 31

population distribution

Answer 31

term used to describe where people choose to live.

Question 32

urbanization

Answer 32

the growth of urban areas at the expense of rural areas.

Question 33

population density

Answer 33

average number of people who live on each square mile of land.

Question 34

embargo

Answer 34

ban on trading