Mr. Bairds Vocab (P words)
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- Parliamentary
- A system of government in which the chief executive is the leader whose party holds the most seats in the legislature after an election or whose party forms a major part of the ruling.
- Places
- Locations having distinctive characteristics, which give them meaning and character, and distinguish them from other locations.
- Productivity
- A measure of goods and services produced over a period of time with a given set of resources.
- Prohibited Powers
- Powers denied within the Constitution.
- Producer
- Especially a person or organization that produces goods or services for sale.
- Physical Feature
- A natural characteristic of a place (elevation, landforms, vegetation).
- Political Features
- Spatial expressions of political behavior; boundaries on land, water, and air space; cities, towns, counties countries.
- Physical Process
- A course or method of operation that produces maintains, or alters Earth's physical systems (e.g., glaciation, erosion, desposition.
- Physical Systems
- Processes that create, maintain, and modify Earth's physical features and environments, consisting of four catagories: atmospheric (e.g. climate), lithospheric (plate tectonics, erosion), hydrospheric (water cycle, ocean currents), and biospheric (plant and animal communities).
- Philosophy
- Investigation of the nature, causes, or principals of reality, knowledge, or values, based on logical reasoning rather than empirical methods.
- Plate Tectonics
- The theory that the uppermost part of the earth is divided into plates that slide or drift very slowly, causing the formation of physical features, such as mountains.
- Polytheism
- The doctrine of, or belief in, a plurality of gods.
- Population Distribution
- Location of patterns of various populations.
- Patriotism
- Loyalty and devotion to one's country.
- Production
- The creation of value or wealth by producing goods or services.
- Profit
- After producing and selling a good or service, profit is the difference between revenue and cost of production. If costs are greater than revenue, profit is negative(there is a loss)
- Push-Pull Factors
- In migration theory, the social, political, economic, and environmental factors that drive or draw people away from their previous location, often simultaneously.
- Price
- Amount of money that people pay when they buy a good or service. It is largely determined by the buying and selling decisions of consumers and producers.
- Primary Source
- A first-hand account of an event, person, or place(official document, diary, letter, historical photograph, oral testimony).
- Privileges
- Something granted by statute(driver's license)