Geographic Vocabulary Absolute Location Where a place is

Geographic Vocabulary

» Absolute Location : Where a place is on the Earth using coordinates to latitude and longitude lines. » Relative Location : Where a place is on the Earth compared to another place. » Map Key: The place on the map that tells how to read the map. » Latitude/ Longitude : System of imaginary lines that cover the Earth and are used to give a location. » Scale: The place on the map that tells the distance. » Compass: The place on the map that tells direction. Geographic Vocabulary

» Subsistence Farming: Growing food to live on rather than sell. » Industrialization: When a society starts using a lot of manufacturing to make their products. » Manufacturing: When people use machines to make their products. » Cultural Hearths: Major centers of culture. » Cultural Diffusion : The spread of cultural ideas and practices. » Surplus: Extra Geographic Vocabulary

» Economy: A group that cooperates on what » Nonrenewable : Can not be replaced. » Renewable: Can be replaced » Distribution : How something is spread out. » Resources : Materials people can use. » products are made and how they will be divided up. Geographic Vocabulary

Population: How many people there are. Population Density : How crowded it is. Sparse: Not crowded. Dense: Crowded. Migration: Movement from one place to another to live. » Refugee: A migrant who leaves a place because of war, famine, natural disaster; forced to leave because of something bad happening. » » » Geographic Vocabulary

» Economic Interdependence : People and places that depend on each other to make products. » Supply: How much of something there is. » Demand: How much people want something. » Import: Stuff BOUGHT from another country. » Export: Stuff SOLD to another country. » Balance of Trade : The difference between the number of exports and imports in a country. » Specialization : Doing the same job, over and over instead of making everything they need themselves. Geographic Vocabulary

» Absolute Monarchy: A king/queen will all the power in a country. » Constitutional Monarchy : A king/queen who has power but has to follow the rules the people of the country make. » Parliamentary Democracy/Republic : types of government where people elect their officials. » Dictatorship : type of government where one person has power. » Representative : The leaders in a country do what the people tell them to do. » Authoritarian: The people in a country do what their leaders tell them to do. Geographic Vocabulary

» Political: the process of getting what you want in a group. » Citizen: a person who belongs to a country who has to follow the rules and gets to participate in government activities. » Oligarchy: type of government where a small group of people hold power. Geographic Vocabulary

» Value: A belief about what is important and guides behavior » Command System : An economic system that tries to achieve quality. » Market System: An economic system that tries to achieve freedom. » Mixed Market System : a type of economic system that tries to balance freedom with equality. Geographic Vocabulary

» Statistic : A number that provides data or information about something. » Demographic : Information about a group of people in a population. » Literacy Rate : the percentage of people in a country that can read. » Life Expectancy : the average people live in a country. Geographic Vocabulary

» GDP per capita : shows how wealthy or poor the country is. » Infant Mortality : the average number of children who die before they reach the age of five. » Developing country: A country that can not provide the basic needs of its people. » Developed country: A country that can provide the basic needs of its people. Geographic Vocabulary

» Rural: Having to do with the countryside. » Urban: Having to do with cities. » Push: The things that make a person move FROM a place. » Pull: The things that make a person pick the place he or she will move to. » Urbanization : Moving from the rural areas to the city. Geographic Vocabulary

» Ethnicity: A group of people who share the same culture and place of origin (come from the same place). » Multicultural : Having many different cultures in one place. » Strategy: A plan to achieve a goal. » Corruption: A person in government who uses their power to make money for themselves. Geographic Vocabulary