Geography Alive, Chapter 9 vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 rural decline | worsening economic conditions in the countryside, including rising unemployment and growing poverty. |
| spatial inequality | the unequal distribution of wealth or resources in a geographic area, so that some places are richer than others. |
| standard of living | the overall level of comfort and well-being of a group or a country. |
| urbanization | the movement of people from rural to urban areas, resulting in the growth of urban areas. |
| communal lands | larger farms held in common by groups of farmers |
| slums | very poor neighborhoods, sometimes with one room shacks made of cardboard and other junk |
| tenements | rundown apartment buildings |
| life expectancy | how long an average person is expected to live |
| plaza | An open square or marketplace |
| Aqueduct | A pipe or channel built to transport water from one place to another. |
| Unemployment | Joblessness |
| Volcano | A break in the earth's crust where magma and other materials erupts from the earth's interior. |
| smog | A haze in the air based on the amount of pollution in it-exhaust from cars. |
| Estates | A sizable area of privately owned property with a large house. |
| Isthmus | A narrow strip of land that links too larger landmasses. |
| Empire | A group of territories, people or nations rules by a single authority. |
| Dictator | A leader who governs by force, without the consent of the people. |
| Barter | Conducting trade by exchanging goods or services instead of money. |
| Air Quality | The condition of the air based on the amount of pollution in it. |
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