Ch. 4 Geography Test

Consists of the basic support systems needed to keep an economy going,including power, communications, transportation.

Describes the number of organisms a piece of land can support?

Government in which a ruling family holds political power and may or may not share the power with citizens

An economy in which production is based on customs and traditions and economic roles, Trading & Bartering

A person providing labor or a service and includes his/her skills and/or abilities; depends on level of education

Resources, which are used for producing power, are the result ofsolar, planetary processes and are unlimited in quantity

The total knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by the members of a specific group

A limited amount of resources to meet unlimited wants and needs

The average number of children a woman would have in her lifetime

Countries that disagree on certain policies, such as setting prices is an advantage in economic unions

The total value of goods and services produced by a country in a year

Reasons why people migrate

Shares a language, customs, and a common heritage; has an identity as a separate group within their region

Nations that are economically and technologically less developed than industrialized nations

A natural resource that will not replace themselves at the same rate at which the resource is consumed

A social science that analyzes the production, distribution, consumption of goods and services

An artificial boundary is a fixed line generally following latitude or longitude lines

Rural areas are more dense than Urban areas

Little Italy in New York is an example of an Ethnic region

Materials on or in the earth that have economic value, elements from the Earth that are not made by people

Economic integration whereby countries remove barriers to trade and the movement of labor and capital among members

Production of goods and services is determined by the demand from consumers

A small group of individuals exercises power over the state without being constitutionally responsible to the public?

Conversion of raw materials from the primary economic sector into finished industrial product

A nation with established agriculture and industry, advanced technology, and a strong educational system.

Process which businesses, other organizations develop international influence start operating on an international scale

Average number of people who live in a measurable area

The number of live births per thousand population

Services to the general population; service industries (banking, retailing, education, law enforcement, entertainment)

An independent unit that occupies a specific territory and has full control of its internal and external affairs

Government and economic system in which nearly all political power and means of production are held by the government

Language is the most important factor in a culture.

Bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale

The spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior

System in which religious leaders control political decisions and religious law provides the basis for policy decisions?

The acceptance or adoption of an innovation by a society

Any asset used to produce a good or service basic physical, organizational structures needed for a society

Graphic device that shows sex and age distribution of population

Is political and social organization a factor in Culture?

Production of goods and services is determined by a central government

All Natural resources are Un-renewable

A government tax on imports or exports

More Economically Developed Countries have a lower birthrate.

Mixed economies has a mixture of command, traditional and Market elements