1. World Geography
Vocabulary Review

2. The process of spreading new knowledge and skills from one culture to another

3. CULTURAL DIFFUSION OR CULTURAL CONVERGENCE

4. The average number of years an individual in a country is expected to live

5. LIFE EXPECTANCY

6. The number of deaths per year for every 1,000 people

7. DEATH RATE

8. Type of economic system in which the government owns the means of production and makes all economic decisions.

9. COMMAND ECONOMY

10. A democratic system of government in which people elect representatives to make decisions.

11. REPUBLIC

12. Countries with lower standards of living and less advanced technologies

13. LESS DEVELOPED NATIONS

14. The number of infants who die for every 1,000 births

15. INFANT MORTALITY RATE

16. The number of births per year for every 1,000 people

17. BIRTHRATE

18. The value of goods and services produced in a year in a nation by an average person (average income)

19. PER CAPITA GDP

20. The percentage of people who can read and write

21. LITERACY RATE

22. Rule by a king or queen

23. MONARCHY

24. A system of government in which a single person or small group exercises complete power

25. DICTATORSHIP

26. When a culture is restricted from outside influences OR when a culture separates, forming two distinct cultures

27. CULTURAL DIVERGENCE

28. A system of government in which authority is based on the will of the people

29. DEMOCRACY

30. A type of economic system in which people earn a living the same way as their ancestors, usually producing only enough to survive

31. TRADITIONAL OR SUBSISTENCE ECONOMY

32. Countries with advanced economies and high standards of living

33. MORE DEVELOPED NATIONS

34. An increasing number of people migrating from rural to urban areas

35. URBANIZATION

36. The movement of people into another country or region

37. IMMIGRATION

38. Type of economic system in which people choose what to produce with very little government regulation

39. MARKET ECONOMY

40. City

41. URBAN

42. All of the factors that help a city to function

43. INFRASTRUCTURE

44. The movement of people from one country or region to another

45. EMIGRATION

46. Outside of the city limits

47. RURAL

48. The processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement

49. SETTLEMENT PATTERNS

50. The average number of people per square mile

51. POPULATION DENSITY

52. Countries that are moving from less to more developed economies

53. NEWLY INDUSTRIALIZED OR EMERGING ECONOMIES

54. A type of dictatorship in which the government closely controls every aspect of a citizen’s life

55. TOTALITARIANISM

56. A government run by religious leaders

57. THEOCRACY