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Warm-Up 8/19/2015 In your vocabulary journals come up with real-life examples and draw pictures for the following words: Scarcity (pg. 16) Literacy Rate (pg. 3) Standard of Living (pg. 2) Natural Resources (pg. 14)
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Push & Pull Factors Literacy Rate - Standard of Living - Agriculture - Natural Resources – Scarcity – Movement & Migration
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Scarcity Simulation Activity: http://web.centre.edu/econed/ Subpages/resource_scarcity_ga me.htm http://web.centre.edu/econed/ Subpages/resource_scarcity_ga me.htm
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Agriculture ► Farming ► the science and business of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock Journal pg. 18
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Natural Resources ► Any valuable product that comes from nature ► Examples: Oil, coal, natural gas Vegetables and fruits Cotton Sheep and cows Gold and silver Journal pg. 19
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Scarcity ► a shortage of resources. A problem that happens when people want a lot of something, but there isn’t enough. ► Example: Oil is a nonrenewable resource. More and more people use oil every day, for many different things. One day, there will no longer be enough oil for everyone on the planet Journal pg. 20
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Literacy Rate ► The percentage of people (over the age of 15) that can read and write in a country. According to CIA World Factbook online ► The World average 83.7% 88.3% male 79.2% female ► USA = 99% ► Haiti = 52.9% Journal pg. 21
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Standard of Living ► How wealthy or poor a nation is Either a high standard of living or low standard of living ► High = richer ► Low = poorer Journal pg. 22
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Movement and Migration ► When a group of people or animals moves from one area to another Journal pg. 23
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Push Factor ► anything that causes people to move away from a place Journal pg. 16
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Pull Factor ► anything that causes people to move to a place Journal pg. 17
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