Geography Flash Cards
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- Demography
- The study of the Characteristics, such as size, growth, density, dostribution and vital statistics.
- Culture
- The totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, art, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought.
- Urbanization
- To make urban in nature or character
- Rural
- Of or relating to people who live in the country: rural households
- Diffusion
- The spread of linguistic or cultural practices or innovations within a community or from one community to another.
- Acculturation
- The modification of the culture of a group or individual as a result of contact with a different culture.
- Sovereignty
- Complete independence and self-governament.
- Federal
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Of, relating to, or being a form of government in which a union of states recognizes
the sovereignty of a central authority while retaining certain residual powers of government. - Democracy
- Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.
- Capitalist
- A supporter of capitalism
- Developed Country
- a modern industrial society with a well-developed economy
- Developing country
- a country with a relatively low industrial population, often lasking modern technology
- Subsistence farming
- farming that only provides enough food for a family or village
- Absolute location
- the position on the earth in which a place can be found
- Relative Location
- the position of a place in relation to another place