Chapter 4: The Human World

The concept of Free Enterprise allows for individuals or groups to have the right to own property & businesses

King or Queen serves as figure head, political power vested in an elected body

Birthrates & Deathrates tend to be lower in Developed Nations

All of the following are considered Primary Economic Activities except

Type of economy in which government owns or directs the means of production

Oldest form of autocratic government; power based on heredity

The world's largest trading bloc.

All of the following are areas considered Cultural Hearths except

Term for early centers of civilization whose ideas spread to surrounding areas & cultures

In an Oligarchy power is usually derived from all of the following except

All of the following are considered nonrenewable resources except

Term for the belief in one God or deity

Developed Nations generally still depend heavily on subsistence agriculture

Country with the lowest population density in the world, 5 people per square mile

Element of culture that deals with how people obtain & use goods & services & manage natural resources

Totalitarian dictatorship of the Right that elevates a leader to cult-like status

Type of command economy that requires strict govenment control of almost the entire society, including the economy

Type of economy in which individuals & private groups make decsisons about what to produce

Type of economy in which the government supports & regulates free enterprise through decisions that affect the market

Type of Economic Activity does not involve directly acquiring & remaking natural resources, provides services to people

Country with the highest population denisty in the world, 30,000 people per square mile

Language family with the largest number of native speakers, nearly 450 distinct language.

Term for a local language that differes from a main langauge

City with the largest population in the world

Sino-Tibetian, the 2nd largest language family, is the native langauges found mainly in what part of the world?

System of government in which power & authority to rule belongs to a single individual

Quarterany Economic Activity is concerned with the processing, management, & distribution of information

Spreading of new knowledge from one culture to another is refered to as....

System of government in which leaders rule with the consent of the citizens

The largest urban & metropolitan area in the world

In a Theocracy, government is based on.....

Country with the largest population in the world

Citizens elect officials to act on their behalf

Wind is considered a renewable resource

All of the following countries were part of NAFTA except

Type of mixed economy that allows for free enterprise while distribution wealth to provide for services for society

Type of economic system in which habit & custom determine the rules for all economic activity

Term for government that divides the powers between national & state or provincial entities

Country with the smallest population in the world

The religion with the largest number of followers in the world