Social Studies Chapter 3, Section 1-Section 3

Some people believe that as global cultures grow, local cultures will become less important

A limit on how many items of a particular product can be imported from a certain nation

Someone who comes to a new country to live is considered an _____.

The determine the population density, the total population is _____ by the total land area

What characteristics are involved in a person or group's culture?

When someone leaves the country where they were born and move to another country

The process of spreading ideas, languages, or customs from one culture to another

Today, the population of the world is over _____ people.

The development of a worldwide culture with an interdependent economy

Materials from the Earth that people use to meet their needs for food, shelter, and goods

The severe lack of food

The United States has a _____ economy.

An area that includes different countries that share similar cultural traits

A type of unlimited government in which the leaders are all powerful and rule by force

The number of deaths per year for every 1,000 people

Which of the following has resulted in a decreased death rate?

Resources that are limited in supply and are gone once they are used, such as oil and coal

When consumers have choices about which goods and services they want to buy is known as _____.

A country with an economy that is not advanced, relies on agriculture, and with little industry

When businesses make what they think customers want is known as _____.

A local form of a language that may have a distinct vocabulary and pronunciation

A limited government in which power is held by the people

Moving from place to place in the same country

Which of the following does not support large numbers of people?

Migration affects the country to which people move because immigrants can bring new forms of __

The average number of people living in a square mile or square kilometer

Natural resources that cannot be used up or that can be replaced, such as the sun and the wind

Trade is only important for developed countries and not developing countries at all

Highly developed cultures that have important advancements in building cities and writing

To buy from other countries

A person's importance or rank

Resources are distributed evenly around the world.

People will buy less of an item as it gets more expensive.

When a country uses machines to make goods

A group of people that shares a language, history, religion, and some physical traits

Growing trade among the world has resulted in the globalization of the world's economies

The removal of trade limits so that goods flow freely among countries

The world has changed greatly in the past three decades because of computers and medical tech.

"Push" factors that encourage people to leave countries are a shortage of farmland and jobs

A government led by a king or queen who inherits power by being born into the ruling family

When indiv. make their own economic decisions and people have right to own property/ businesses

The process by which people adjust their behavior to meet the rules of a social group

When countries rely on each other for ideas, goods, services, and markets

To sell goods to other countries

An economy where individuals decide what to produce and how to produce it

The method used to answer what goods to produce, how to produce them, and who will receive them

All people accept immigrants with open arms and never any violence.

Movement between countries

When people come to believe that their own culture is superior to other cultures

Most nations have a _____ economy, which is a mixture of multiple kinds of economies

The way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs

Oil and coal that are used to heat homes, run cars, and generate electricity

People who are forced to flee to another country to escape wars or persecution

Taxes to increase the price of imported goods

On the usable land, population is distributed evenly

When the govt. makes the economic choices about resources and people have little freedom

A country that has a mix of agriculture, manufacturing, and service industries

Which of the following result in cultural diffusion and cultural change?

The growth of cities

Which of the following is one of the challenges of population growth?