world Geography mid term Flashcards
(42 cards)
Subsistence Agriculture
farming enough for you family to survive/rural
Commercial (Market-orientated) agriculture
farming for a profit on a large scale
Cottage Industry
making things at home to sell
What are the elements of culture?
Language, religion, architecture, food, clothing, ect,
What type f economy would be created as trading increased around the world
Free enterprise
Due to globalization, where be created as trading increased around the world?
Countries trade products based on their resources and specialization of products.
What affects climate the most?
Latitude and distance from water
democracy
people get to vote, have a say, and control their own media
Dictatorship
one person controls all people, state controlled media, people cannot criticize the government
Constitutional monarchy
King or Queen share power with elected officials
Theocracy
ruled by god or religious leader
communism
government owns all businesses and controls production of goods.
Freeenterprise
People own private business, limited government involvement, wide variety of products.
Socialism
government controls large business, people own small business, well-fare for everyone
Traditional
Mostly agriculture, cottage industry, skills/job passed down from parents.
Primary
Taking resources from land; fishing, farming; less developed.
Secondary
Making resources into something of value newly developed
Tertiary
Services; teacher; lower; Large urban areas
Quaternary
More tech and education. managers; more developed
What attracts people to Urban areas from the Rural areas?
promise of jobs
PWhat are examples of natural borders?
Mountains rivers coast lines,
Nationalism
identifying with and supporting the best interests of your country.
Patriotism
love, devotion for your country =
When Europeans countries colonized places of the world, what did they change?
Culture (language, religion, food, eat)