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SPRING 2012 FINAL EXAM REVIEW!
HOPE YOU STUDIED!
World Geography
INFANT MORTALITY
Ratio of infant deaths to live births
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TERTIARY ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
Economic activities in the service industry. Examples:
banks, consulting and public transportation
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FREE TRADE ZONES
Areas within which goods may be landed, handled, and re-exported
freely
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SIKHISM
An adherent of a monotheistic religion of India founded about 1500 by Guru Nānak and marked by rejection of idolatry and caste. Combines elements of Hinduism
and Islam
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SOVEREIGN NATION
A nation that is independent and governs itself
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STANDARD OF LIVING
Refers to the level of wealth, happiness, comfort, material goods, and necessities
available to a certain socioeconomic class in a certain geographic area
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CULTURAL DIFFUSION
The spread of new knowledge, ideas, and skills from one culture to
another.
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JUDAISM
A religion developed among the ancient Hebrews; the cultural, social, and religious beliefs and
practices of the Jews
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OUTSOURCING
The sending out of work to an outside provider or manufacturer in
order to cut costs
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KYOTO PROTOCOL
A treaty established in 1997, under the auspices of the United Nations, which requires its signatories to reduce greenhouse gases. Examples: emissions of carbon dioxide,
hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons methane, nitrogen oxides, and sulphur hexafluoride
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COTTAGE INDUSTRIES
Small-scale industry carried on at home by family members using their
own equipment
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MANUFACTURING
To make from raw materials by hand or by machinery
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GLOBAL TRADE PATTERNS
Patterns of how, what, and and with whom the world’s countries are
trading
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CULTURE HEARTH
A center where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions
spread
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REVOLUTION
A sudden, radical, or complete change in a society
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PANDEMIC
Occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population
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NUCLEAR FREE ZONES
Zones or areas where countries have agreed to not use nuclear
weapons or reactors
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SERVICE INDUSTRIES
Industry that provides services rather than goods. Examples: banking, communications, wholesale and retail trade, all professional
services such as engineering and medicine, all consumer services, and all government services
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GENOCIDE
The deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or
cultural group
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TRADITIONAL ECONOMIES
Economy dominated by methods and techniques that have strong social
support even though they may be old-fashioned or out of date
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INDIGENOUS
Native inhabitants of a country. Ex: Indians in North America
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Pattern of economic growth in which resource use aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment that these needs can be met not only in the
present, but also for generations to come
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PATRIOTISM
Love for or devotion to one's country
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DICTATORSHIP
A government or country in which total power is held by a dictator or a
small group
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DEATH RATE
Number of deaths per year for every 1,000 people
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ISLAM
The religious faith of Muslims including belief in Allah as the sole
deity and in Muhammad as his prophet
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QUATERNARY ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
Economic activity involving the collection, processing, and distribution of information.
Example: Computers
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GLOBALIZATION
The development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially
by free trade, free flow of capital, and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets
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CULTURAL DIVERGENCE
The restriction of a culture from outside influences
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BUDDHISM
A religion of eastern and central Asia growing out of the teaching of Gautama Buddha that suffering is inherent in life and that one can
be liberated from it by mental and moral self-purification
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MAORIS
Indigenous people of New Zealand
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INFRASTRUCTURE
The basic facilities, services, and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society. Examples: transportation and communications
systems, water and power lines, and public institutions including schools, post offices, and prisons
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ETHNIC GROUPS
Relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal,
religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background
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G.D.P. (GROSS DOMESTIC
PRODUCT)
Refers to the market value of all officially recognized final goods and
services produced within a country in a given period
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LITERACY RATE
Percentage of the population that can read and write (usually at a 6th grade
level or higher)
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SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE
Self-sufficiency farming in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their
families
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THEOCRACY
Government of a country where officials are regarded as having
their power given to them by God (or some divine power)
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PRIMARY ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
Economic activities where natural resources are extracted from the
earth. Examples: mining and farming
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HINDUISM
The dominant religion of India that emphasizes dharma with its resulting ritual and social observances and often mystical
contemplation and ascetic practices
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MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY
A society in which many different cultures and ethnicities are found
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TERRORISM
The use of terror as a means of achieving a goal
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BIRTH RATE
Number of births per 1,000 people
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SECONDARY ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
Economic activities where people use raw materials to produce or
manufacture. Examples: manufacturing (factories, etc.)
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CHRISTIANITY
The religion derived from Jesus Christ and based on the Bible as
sacred scripture
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CULTURAL CONVERGENCE
Contact and interaction of one country to another
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ABORIGINES
Indigenous people of Australia
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G.D.P. PER CAPITA
An approximation of the value of goods and services produced per
person in the country
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LIFE EXPECTANCY
Average number of years a person is expected to live
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COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE
Large-scale production of crops for sale
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H.D.I.(HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INDEX)
A comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, and
standards of living for countries worldwide
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