People and Places Getting The Goods Economically Speaking Low-Tech Eleanor M. Savko People and Places Getting The Goods Economically Speaking 1/1/2019 Low-Tech Hi-Tech Making History 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 10 pt 10 pt 10 pt 10 pt 10 pt 15 pt 15 pt 15 pt 15 pt 15 pt 20 pt 20 pt 20 pt 20 pt 20 pt 25 pt 25 pt 25 pt 25 pt 25 pt
Process of people moving to a new place to stay permanently or for a long time
What is “migration?”
The earliest civilizations of man tended to settle in these areas
What are “river valleys?”
Type of geography dedicated to studying factors related to people; i.e. population density, culture, government, religion, and language.
What is “human geography?”
Type of geography dedicated to studying factors related to the natural environment; i.e. climate, land forms, and natural resources
What is “physical geography?”
Any information collected to study the population of a nation; i. e Any information collected to study the population of a nation; i.e. birth rate, infant mortality rate, or life expectancy
What is “demographic data?”
Buying and selling, the exchange of goods and services, or business dealings
What is “trade?”
Crops produced by a family for their own consumption with no surplus to sell to others
What is “subsistence agriculture?”
Growing crops and raising animals to sell in the market and make a profit
What is “commercial” or “market-oriented agriculture?”
When products are made in the home or in a small shop to sell in the market for profit
What is a “cottage industry”
An industry that produces goods in a factory on a large scale to sell in the market for a profit
What is a “commercial industry?”
The level of development in a country, measured by factors like levels of income, availability of health care, education, and life expectancy
What is the “standard of living?”
An economic system where the production of goods and services is determined by demand from consumers
What is a “market economy” or “capitalism?”
An economic system where production is determined by customs and goods are exchanged by bartering
What is a “traditional economy?”
An economic system where the production of goods and services is determined by the government
What is a “command economy”
The name used to describe the sum of all goods and services produced by a country
What is the “Gross Domestic Product” or “GDP?”
This allowed humans to abandon a nomadic lifestyle and establish the first settlements
What was the “agricultural revolution” or “new improvements in farming tools and techniques?”
1400’s invention that revolutionized the spread of ideas
What is the “printing press?”
This late 1700s invention would be used to fuel the early railroads and paddle-wheel river boats
What is “steam power?”
These two 20th century inventions presented new forms of entertainment and new opportunities for advertisers.
What are “radio and television?”
20th century invention that lead to a steady increase in population in many parts of America’s “sun belt”
What is the “air conditioner?”
A war between people, factions, or regions within a country
What is a “civil war?”
An armed rebellion or uprising against the government or a period of great change
What is a “revolution?”
An example of spatial diffusion, when a deadly disease spread from Asia to Europe in the 1300s and a third of the population died
What was the “Bubonic Plague” or “Black Death?”
An example of spatial diffusion, when new foods, plants, animals, and diseases were introduced to the New World from the Old World and vice-versa
What was the “Columbian Exchange?”
An artistic and scientific revolution that occurred in Europe between the 1300s and 1500s
What was the Renaissance?”