| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Democracy | A form of limited government where the power goes to the people of the nation. |
| Hinduism | Hindus believe in reincarnation, or life after death. Hindus worship many gods. |
| Monarchy | Kings and queens are born into a ruling family and inherit their power to rule. |
| Christianity | Christians believe that Jesus, the son of god, died on the cross to save humanity. |
| Dictatorship | a form of unlimited governemnt where person makes all laws and takes power by force. |
| Islam | The followers of Islam, muslims believe in one god, Allah. Muslims follow the teachings of the Quran, and were led by Muhammad. |
| Judaism | Jews believe in one god, Yehweh, follow the teachings of the Torah, and were led by Abraham. |
| Culture | the way of life of people who share similar beliefs and customs. |
| Buddihism | Buddhists believe that in order to escape suffering, people must follow the eight fold path, the major leader is Buddha |
| Ethnic group | A group of people who share a common history, language, religion, and some physical characteristics. |
| Cultural diffusion | the process of spreading new knowledge and skills to other cultures |
| Death rate | the number of people out of every 1,000 who die in a year. |
| Birth rate | the number of children born each year for every 1,000 people. |
| Famine | Lack of food. |
| Population density | the average number of people living in a square mile or square kilometer. |
| Urbanization | people leaving villages or farms and moving to cities. |
| Emigrate | leave a country of birth to move to another country. |
| Refugees | people who flee to another country to escape persecution or disaster. |
| Natural resources | products of earth that people use to meet their needs. |
| Renewable resources | natural resources that can not be used up. |
| nonrenewable resources | resources that the earth provides limited supply of and that can not be replaced. |
| Economic system | system that set rules for deciding what goods and services to produce, how to produce them, and who will receive them. |
| Traditional economy | economic decisions are based on cutoms handed down from generation to generation. |
| Command economy | the governement makes all the economic decisions. |
| Market economy | individuals make their decisions about what to produce, how to produce it, and for whom to they will produce it for. |
| Mixed economy | most nations have a mixed economy; an economic system that is a combination of traditional, command, and market. |
| Export import | a country trading something they do not need for something they do need. |
| Tariff | tax added to the piece of goods that are imported. |
| Quota | number limit |
| Free trade | removing trade barriers so that goods flow freely among countries. |
| Developed countries | countries that have a great deal of manufacturing. |
| Developing countries | countries that have few or no manufacturing centers; many people practice subsistence farming. |
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