Mulvoy's 8th grade Vocabulary Review Part 1

When a group of people or animals move to a new place to live

A government in which one person has all power

An economy in which the government makes all the economic decisions

to bring goods or resources in from another place

A process in which an increasing number of people move to an urban area

A person that has been forced out of an area and has to find a place to live

A government in which one person is in rule (monarch)

A group of people from many different cultures

an area, especially part of a country or the world that shares certain characteristics

The distance east and west of the Prime Meridian

When fertile land becomes a desert

A half of a sphere. ON earth we have the north, west, east, and south hemispheres

A region’s average weather conditions

A place where most people live in cities and towns with more than 50,000 other people

A type of government in which the people vote to make the decisions

to send away goods or resources to another place

An economy in which the people make all the economic decisions

A factor that motivates people to move to a new place

An economy in which a community has a mix of supply and demand and some government regulation.

A group of people that share the same culture

language, religion, food, clothes, holidays, music, and customs are elements of?

An economy based on community survival and meeting basic needs

When a group of people leave their homes to permanently live somewhere else

An imaginary line that runs from east to west

A government in which a monarch serves as the lead but a legislature makes the laws.

A permanent destruction to forests

Your surroundings including the type of land, water, and other natural aspects

A government in which the people elect representatives to make decisions for them.

The science or practice of farming

A government ruled by religious leaders

The process in which countries are increasingly linked to each other through culture and trade.

A government in which a small group of people have control.

A place where people live in the country with not many other people or big buildings

A government in which the government controls all aspects of life

A factor of a place has that motivates people to leave their home

Anything that describes the earth’s landforms

An imaginary line that runs from the north pole to the south pole

When you use the exact latitude and longitude to find a locations

to leave your country to settle permanently in another

The distance north and south of the Equator