GMAS Vocabulary Review

Question 1

When all power in a government rests with the central government

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Unitary

Question 2

Someone who has an idea for a good or service and takes the risk to produce it

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Entrepreneur

Question 3

The number of people living in a specific area

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Population Density

Question 4

A political theory that all property should be owned by a whole society rather than individuals

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Communism

Question 5

Materials that come directly from nature

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Natural Resources

Question 6

A loose alliance of countries, states, or other political units

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Confederation

Question 7

A political system where power rests with a small group of people with wealth or power

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Oligarchy

Question 8

Where something is

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Location

Question 9

A government headed by a king or a queen

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Monarchy

Question 10

Man-made things we use to help us work, like factories, machines, and technologies

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Capital Goods

Question 11

Being different

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Diversity

Question 12

The people who make laws, enforce laws, and decide of laws have been broken

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Government

Question 13

This is used to buy goods and services

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Currency

Question 14

Refers to a group of people who share the same language, culture, or religion

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Ethnic

Question 15

A climate that is dry or has very little rain

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Arid

Question 16

The knowledge, skills, and training required to produce goods and services effectively

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Human Capital

Question 17

The removal of salt from water

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Desalinization

Question 18

A policy of racial separation that was used in South Africa

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Apartheid

Question 19

A trade barrier that sets a limit on the number of goods that can be imported

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Quota

Question 20

Lacking integrity, being dishonest, or immoral

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Corrupt

Question 21

A government system where one leader holds absolute power

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Autocracy

Question 22

The ability to read and write

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Literacy

Question 23

An extreme scarcity of food in a region

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Famine

Question 24

The _____ of a country is the total value of all goods and services produced in a year

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GDP

Question 25

________________ of land are changes to the land that are made by people

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Human Characteristics

Question 26

Describes land that is suitable for planting crops

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Arable

Question 27

The foundation of any system or organization

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Infrastructure

Question 28

An official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country

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Embargo

Question 29

An act of mass destruction and loss of life

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Holocaust

Question 30

Loyalty or devotion to one's country

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Nationalism

Question 31

The process by which the desert spreads and soil loses its ability to hold water

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Desertification

Question 32

An underground layer of rock and sand that contains water

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Aquifer

Question 33

A ruler with absolute power and authority

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Dictator

Question 34

When something is impure or unclean it is _________

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Contaminated

Question 35

A democratic form of government where power is held by the legislature

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Parliamentary Democracy

Question 36

To take care of or protect something

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Conserve

Question 37

An outbreak of an infectious disease that has spread across a large area

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Pandemic

Question 38

Adopting industrial methods of manufacturing and production

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Industrialization

Question 39

To move from one country and make your home in another country

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Immigrate

Question 40

A _______ is a type of government where the people in the country hold supreme power.

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Democracy

Question 41

This describes the type of land in an area

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Physical Characteristics

Question 42

To commit money or capital to gain a financial return

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Invest

Question 43

When two or more things depend on each other for survival

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Interdependent

Question 44

Someone who is devoted to being kind to others and helping them when they are suffering

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Humanitarian

Question 45

A long time with little or no rain

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Drought

Question 46

Supplying water to farmland

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Irrigation

Question 47

A set of values, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors among a group of people

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Culture

Question 48

A member of a small group of soldiers that attacks quickly and goes into hiding

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Guerrilla

Question 49

A thick, dark oil found underneath the Earth's surface

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Petroleum

Question 50

The loss of forest because of cutting down too many trees

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Deforestation

GMAS Vocabulary Review

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GMAS Vocabulary Review

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