Vocab C 2

Question 1

a half sphere used to refer to one half of the globe when divide into North, South, East, and west

Answer 1

Hemisphere

Question 2

imaginary lines that circle the earth parallel to the equator

Answer 2

Latitude

Question 3

imaginary lines the circle the earth from pole to pole measuring distance east to west of the prime Meridian

Answer 3

Longitude

Question 4

a way of showing the round earth on a flat map

Answer 4

projection

Question 5

a map that shows land and water features

Answer 5

physical map

Question 6

a map that shows names and borders of continents

Answer 6

Political map

Question 7

a map that shows themes or patterns such as climate, natural, resources, or population

Answer 7

special purpose map

Question 8

a measuring lines that shows distance on a map

Answer 8

scale

Question 9

north, south, east, and west

Answer 9

Cardinal Direction

Question 10

a special purpose map that uses color to show population density

Answer 10

choropleth

Question 11

the movement of people from 1 place to settle in another place

Answer 11

migration

Question 12

the set of beliefs, behaviors, and traits shared by a group of people

Answer 12

culture

Question 13

money and goods used to help people make or do things

Answer 13

capital

Question 14

the act of running a business and taking on the risk of that business

Answer 14

entrepreneurship

Question 15

the amount of a good or service that a producer wants to sell

Answer 15

supply

Question 16

the amount of something that a consumer wants to buy

Answer 16

demand

Question 17

the lack of resource

Answer 17

scarcity

Question 18

what is given up such as time or money to make or buy something

Answer 18

opportunity cost

Question 19

an economic system in which custom decides what people do, make, buy, and sell

Answer 19

traditional economy

Question 20

an economic system in which the government decides what goods will be made and who receives them

Answer 20

command economy

Question 21

a period of slow economic growth or decline

Answer 21

recession

Question 22

a continued rise in prices of the supply of money

Answer 22

inflation

Question 23

a good sent from one country to another in trade

Answer 23

export

Question 24

a good brought into a country from another country

Answer 24

import

Question 25

to trade by exchanging one good or service for another

Answer 25

barter

Question 26

the growth in free trade between countries

Answer 26

globalazation

Question 27

government in which citizens elect officials who govern

Answer 27

representative government

Question 28

government which divides power between central and state governments

Answer 28

federal system

Question 29

the division of power among the branches

Answer 29

separation of power

Question 30

system in which each branch of government limits the power of another branch

Answer 30

checks and balances

Question 31

part of government that passes laws

Answer 31

legislative branch

Question 32

parts of government that enforce laws

Answer 32

executive branch

Question 33

parts of government that interprets laws

Answer 33

judicial branch