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Geo Examantion

Michael Inagna

Terms

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Scattered Settlement
A pattern of settlements in which houses and other buildings are placed a long distance apart from each other.
Commuting
The daily movement to or from a place of work or study.
Situation
the location of a building or city in relation to surrounding places
Birth Rate
The total number of births per 1000 people in a country's population.
Population Density
a measure of how many people live in a unit of area, usually a square km.
Foreign Investment
One country allowing people from other countries to invest or put money into the industries
Bilingual
Involving two languages.
Mixed economy
An economic system that combines private ownership with government control.
Gross National Product
The sum of value of all goods and services produced in a country in a year measured in US dollars.
Travel Hub
An airport that is at the centre of routes from many directions.
Kimberlite pipe
A roughly cylinadrical plug of rare rock called "kimberlite". The pipe-shaped plug is formed by a cooling magma and may contain diamonds.
Command economy
An economic system in which the goverment owns and controls all parts of the economy.
Baby Boom
A period of 20 years, following World War Two, during which there was an unusual number of births.
Franchise
The right to sell a partiulcar good or service.
Entrepeneur
A person who takes a risk to start and run a business
Site
the ground on which a city is built.
Landscape
Things that we see when we look around.
Tourist
A person who visits another place. The vist lasts more than one night but less than a year.
Market economy
An economic system in which private indivuals set up, own and direct bussiness that produce goods and services that consumers want.This system is also called "free enterprise" or "capitalisim".
Imports
Things brought into a country.
Linear Settlement
A pattern of settlements in which homes and other buildings follow the lines taken by the road
Aerodynamic
Designed to make the movement of a vehicle through air fast and smooth.
Scarcity
The limits in the amount of resources we have.
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
A trade agreement signed by Canada, the USA and Mexico.
Thrust
A force created in a jet engine that drives or pushes a vehicle forward.
Death Rate
The total number of deaths per 1000 people in a country's population.
Standard of Living
The extent to people have the goods and services they need and want.
Outputs
The products leaving a manufacturing system that result from processes
Collateral
Something owned by a person taking out a loan that can be seized if the person does not repay the loan.
Clustered Settlement
A pattern in which houses and other buildings are laid closely together
Teritary Industries
Industries that provide services.
Census
A count of all the people in a country, together with some details about them
Population Pyramid
A set of 2 bar graphs placed back to back against a vertical axis. 1 shows the number of males and the other shows the number of females, in different groupings in a different country.
Open-door immigration
Immigration that is free or unrestricted
Official Languages
The languages in which the federal government conducts its business.
Literacy Rate
The percentage of people over 15 who can read and write.
Inputs
the factors of production put into a manufacturing system.
Traditional economy
An economic system in which people's methods of working have changed little from one generation to the next. Workers in a traditional economy try to produce a little more than what is needed for substience.
Mobility
The ability to move.
Economics
The buying and selling of goods and services
Central Bussiness District
The central part of a city that is the focus of transport routes. It contains the cities most valuable land and the leading bussiness.
Utilities
Things that are useful to us. For Example, water,gas and eletricity.
Life Expectancy
The average number of years a person is likely to live.
Impact benefits agreement
A voluntary agreement signed by a mining company and a local Aborignal group. The mining company agrees to minimixe the mine's impact on ecosystems and may guarantee employment to local residents for funding for enviromental research.
Secondary Industries
Industries that convert raw materials into finished products
Tariffs
A tax put on an import. By making imports more expensive, tariffs protect a country's industries and jobs.
Exports
Things sent out of a country.
Modes of Transportation
The specific means by which people move from one place to another
Subsitence economy
An economic system in which people's labour only produces enough food, clothing, and shelter for the workers own needs.
Primary Industries
Industries that harvest raw materials or natural resources
Urbinization
the growth of cities. This term can also mean the adoption of a urban lifestyle
Ripple Effect
A chain of effects or events that results from an initial event. The chain is like the ripples caused by throwing a stone into a pond.

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