1. World Cultures Vocabulary
You must memorize these!!
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2. AGRICULTURE-
growing crops

3. cash crops-
crops grown to sell for $$$

4. CLIMATE-
average weather of a place over many years

5. CULTURAL TRAITS
way of life

6. DEFORESTATION
cutting down trees

7. CULTURAL DIFFUSION the spread of ideas from another culture
( borrowing)

8. DIVERSITY
a variety of people/cultures

9. ECONOMY-
a system of producing goods--making $$

10. GEOGRAPHY
the study of the earth

11. LATITUDE
lines that run from the east to west

12. LANDLOCKED-
surrounded by land

13. LONGITUDE-
lines that run from the north pole to the south pole

14. MANUFACTURING-
process of turning a raw material into a finished product (good)

15. MIGRATION-
the movement of people from one place to another

16. NATURAL RESOURCE-
anything from the earth that is used by people

17. PHYSICAL FEATURES-
any landforms that are part of the Earth

18. PHYSICAL MAP-
map that shows the Earth's landforms

19. POLITICAL MAP
shows borders of countries or states
( lots of color)

20. POPULATION DENSITY
average number of people per square mile

21. RURAL-
farming, countryside

22. SCARCITY-
short in supply

23. STANDARD OF LIVING-
overall quality of life (could be bad or good)

24. SUBSISTENCE CROPS-
food grown to feed family NOT to sell

25. TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS-
a way to travel easily

26. TROPICS-
area between tropic of cancer and capricorn

27. URBAN-
developed, having to do with the city.

28. VEGETATION-
plants that grow naturally