 | Term | Definition |
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Linear Settlement |
A pattern of settlements in which homes and other buildings follow the lines taken by the road |
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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. |
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Clustered Settlement |
A pattern in which houses and other buildings are laid closely together |
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Census |
A count of all the people in a country, together with some details about them |
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Population Density |
a measure of how many people live in a unit of area, usually a square km. |
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Site |
the ground on which a city is built. |
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Urbinization |
the growth of cities. This term can also mean the adoption of a urban lifestyle |
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Situation |
the location of a building or city in relation to surrounding places |
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Life Expectancy |
The average number of years a person is likely to live. |
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Baby Boom |
A period of 20 years, following World War Two, during which there was an unusual number of births. |
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Gross National Product |
The sum of value of all goods and services produced in a country in a year measured in US dollars. |
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Utilities |
Things that are useful to us. For Example, water,gas and eletricity. |
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Landscape |
Things that we see when we look around. |
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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. |
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Literacy Rate |
The percentage of people over 15 who can read and write. |
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Death Rate |
The total number of deaths per 1000 people in a country's population. |
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Birth Rate |
The total number of births per 1000 people in a country's population. |
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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. |
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Commuting |
The daily movement to or from a place of work or study. |
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Standard of Living |
The extent to people have the goods and services they need and want. |
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Economics |
The buying and selling of goods and services |
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Scarcity |
The limits in the amount of resources we have. |
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Entrepeneur |
A person who takes a risk to start and run a business |
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Franchise |
The right to sell a partiulcar good or service. |
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Collateral |
Something owned by a person taking out a loan that can be seized if the person does not repay the loan. |
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Primary Industries |
Industries that harvest raw materials or natural resources |
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Secondary Industries |
Industries that convert raw materials into finished products |
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Teritary Industries |
Industries that provide services. |
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Foreign Investment |
One country allowing people from other countries to invest or put money into the industries |
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Inputs |
the factors of production put into a manufacturing system. |
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Outputs |
The products leaving a manufacturing system that result from processes |
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Subsitence economy |
An economic system in which people's labour only produces enough food, clothing, and shelter for the workers own needs. |
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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. |
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Command economy |
An economic system in which the goverment owns and controls all parts of the economy. |
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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". |
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Mixed economy |
An economic system that combines private ownership with government control. |
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Imports |
Things brought into a country. |
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Exports |
Things sent out of a country. |
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Tariffs |
A tax put on an import. By making imports more expensive, tariffs protect a country's industries and jobs. |
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North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) |
A trade agreement signed by Canada, the USA and Mexico. |
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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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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. |
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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. |
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Open-door immigration |
Immigration that is free or unrestricted |
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Bilingual |
Involving two languages. |
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Official Languages |
The languages in which the federal government conducts its business. |
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Modes of Transportation |
The specific means by which people move from one place to another |
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Tourist |
A person who visits another place. The vist lasts more than one night but less than a year. |
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Travel Hub |
An airport that is at the centre of routes from many directions. |
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Mobility |
The ability to move. |
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Thrust |
A force created in a jet engine that drives or pushes a vehicle forward. |
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Aerodynamic |
Designed to make the movement of a vehicle through air fast and smooth. |
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