Ch 4

Question 0

Group that shares a geographic region, a sense of identity and a culture

Answer 0

Society

Question 1

It is the total knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by the members

Answer 1

Culture

Question 2

Group that shares language, customs, and a common heritage

Answer 2

Ethnic group

Question 3

One person

Answer 3

Individual

Question 4

When two individuals have children

Answer 4

Family

Question 5

Groups of families that share language and religion

Answer 5

Clan

Question 6

Clans group together because of similar world views

Answer 6

Tribe

Question 7

Taking existing technology and resources and creating something new

Answer 7

Innovation

Question 8

Spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior

Languages spread in two ways
-through trade and through migration

Answer 8

Diffuse

Question 9

A society changes because it accepts or rejects innovation

Answer 9

Acculturation

Question 10

Changes in a speech pattern

Answer 10

Dialect

Question 11

Belief in one God

Answer 11

Monotheistic

Question 12

Belief in many gods

Answer 12

Polytheistic

Question 13

Nature in charge of divine force

Answer 13

Animistic

Question 14

Monotheistic

Based on the teachings of Jesus

Answer 14

Christianity

Question 15

Oldest monotheistic religion

Faith and culture are tightly woven

Sacred text is called the Torah

Answer 15

Judaism

Question 16

In 610 AD Muhamed reported seeing an angel who brought him a message from God

Monotheistic religion

Answer 16

Islam

Question 17

Oldest religion to still be widely practiced

Polytheistic religion

Followers are mainly in India

Answer 17

Hinduism

Question 18

Origins of the fifth century BC

Siddhartha Guatemala rejected strict rules of Hindu society

You live to reach a state of Nirvana

Answer 18

Buddhism

Question 19

Number of births per thousand

Answer 19

Birthrate

Question 20

Average number of children a woman will have

Answer 20

Fertility rate

Question 21

Number of deaths per thousand

Answer 21

Mortality rate

Question 22

Number of deaths of children under one year old

Answer 22

Infant mortality rate

Question 23

Helps us to understand population trends within a country

Answer 23

Population pyramid

Question 24

Movement of one place to another

Answer 24

Migration

Question 25

Reasons for migrating

Answer 25

Push-pull factors

Question 26

How heavily populated an area is

Answer 26

Population density

Question 27

Number of organisms a certain piece of land can hold

Answer 27

Carrying capacity

Question 28

A group of people who share a culture and land

Answer 28

Nation

Question 29

A combination of political and cultural groups

Answer 29

Nationstate

Question 30

Citizens hold political power Can be either direct or representative

Answer 30

Democracy

Question 31

Ruling family holds power Can share power with the people if they so choose

Answer 31

Monarchy

Question 32

Individual or group holds absolute political control

Answer 32

Dictatorship

Question 33

All power resides with the government Combines politics and economics

Answer 33

Communism

Question 34

How much land does the country possess

Answer 34

Size

Question 35

Decides how easy it is to govern

Answer 35

Shape

Question 36

Is the country landlocked? Does it have a coast?

Answer 36

Location

Question 37

Based on physical features

Answer 37

Natural boundaries

Question 38

Boundaries which are created by people Can divide for several reasons such as cultural differences

Answer 38

Artificial boundaries

Question 39

Smaller cities which are in commuting distance from a larger city

Answer 39

Suburbs

Question 40

Central city and its suburbs combine to create this

Answer 40

Metropolitan area

Question 41

Formed when several metropolitan areas are combined

Answer 41

Megalopolis

Question 42

The trend of leaving rural areas in favor of urban settings

Answer 42

Urbanization

Question 43

Housing

Answer 43

Residential

Question 44

Areas reserved for manufacturing goods

Answer 44

Industrial

Question 45

Private business

Answer 45

Commercial

Question 46

Core of a city where commercial activity occurs

Answer 46

Central business district

Question 47

Production and exchange of goods and services

Answer 47

Economy

Question 48

Goods and services are traded without the exchange of money

Answer 48

Traditional

Question 49

Government owns production and thus decides what will be produced

Answer 49

Command

Question 50

Production of goods and services is determined by the consumers

Answer 50

Market

Question 51

Combination of command and market

Answer 51

Mixed

Question 52

Gathering law materials

Answer 52

Primary

Question 53

Using Resources to create products

Answer 53

Secondary

Question 54

Providing business and professional services

Answer 54

Tertiary

Question 55

Provide information management and research

Answer 55

Quaternary

Question 56

Materials on or within earth that have economic value

Answer 56

Natural resources

Question 57

Basic support system a country needs to keep an economy going

Answer 57

Infrastructure

Question 58

Average amount of money earned by a person in a country

Answer 58

Per capita income

Question 59

Total value of the goods and services produced by a country in one year

Answer 59

Gross national product or GNP

Question 60

Total value of products produced within a country

Answer 60

Gross domestic product or GDP