Unit 2 VOCAB Flashcards
Culture
People who share beliefs
Society
People living in the same region
Ethnic group
People who share a common ancestor, culture background
Malterial culture
Physical part of culture
Innovation
Take technology and create new
Diffusion
Culture spread
Culture hearth
Were ideas and technology diffuses from
Acculturation
Society adapts to that religion/beliefs
Monotheistic
Believes in one god
Polytheistic
Multiple gods
Secular
No religion, spiritual base
Fertility rate
How many children would have been born
Population pyramid
If it looks like a pyramid that’s not good
Demographic Transition
Shows high birthrate to death rates as country
State
Independent country
Nation
Culture same boundary
Stateless nation
Ethnic group, dose not posses a state
Democracy
Who population elects
Monarchy
Form of gov with a leader figure
Dictatorship
1 person who was control
Communism
System were goods are owned common and are available to all, you get what you worked for
Cites
Large town
Suburbs
Area around cities
Exurbs
Small town, large land
Metropolitan area
Serval metroplex areas are growing together
Urbanization
Growth of people moving to cities
CBD
Commercial Business District in city
Economic system
Distribution of resources
Traditional economy
When traditions, beliefs, and customs are used in economy
Subsistence economy
Farming for food
Command economy
Determined by government
Market economy/capitalism
Controlled by private owners for profit
Mixed economy
Combining private and public enterprises
Infrastructure
Basic physical organization and facilities
Per capital income
Measured average income
Gross domestic product
Total values of goods produced in a country per year
Gross national product
Total goods per year
