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Market
A place or system where buyers and sellers interact to exchange goods and services.
State
A politically organized body of people occupying a defined territory.
Culture
The ideas, customs, and social behavior of a particular people or society.
Migration
The movement of people from one place to another with intentions of settling temporarily or permanently.
Birth rates
The number of live births per thousand of the population per year.
Death rates
The number of deaths per thousand of the population per year.
Fertility rate
The average number of children born to a woman over her lifetime.
Census data
Data collected through a systematic survey of a population.
Centripetal force
An element that unifies people within a state.
European Union
A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
Industrialization
The development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale.
Periphery
Regions that are less developed compared to the core economies and dependent on them.
Demographic transition model
A model that describes the transition from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates as a country develops.
Indigenous
People or things originating or occurring naturally in a particular place.
Malthusian theory
The theory that population growth will outpace resource growth leading to famine and conflict.
Core
The center of economic, political, and cultural power in a given region.
Nation-State
A political unit characterized by a defined territory and a permanent population governed by a sovereign authority.
Suburbanization
The process of population movement from within towns and cities to the rural-urban fringe.
Map Projection
A method by which the three-dimensional surface of the Earth is portrayed on a two-dimensional surface.
Territoriality
The emotional attachment and defense of a territory.
Centrifugal force
An element that divides people within a state.
Commercial agriculture
Agriculture undertaken primarily for sale and profit.
Cultural Landscape
The visible imprint of human activity on the landscape.
Domestication
The process of adapting wild plants and animals for human use.
Primate city
The largest city in a country, which is disproportionately larger than other cities.
Contagious Diffusion
The spread of a cultural element from one individual to another through direct contact.
Federal State
A political entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing states or regions under a central government.
Rural-to-urban migration
The movement of people from the countryside to the city.
Squatter settlement
An informal, usually illegal, settlement that develops on land that is not owned by the residents.
Sustainability
The ability to maintain certain processes or states indefinitely.
Urbanization
The increasing migration of people from rural to urban areas.
Commodity chain
The process of producing, processing, and distributing goods.
Ethnicity
Shared cultural practices, perspectives, and distinctions that set apart one group of people from another.
Green revolution
A period marked by significant advancements in agricultural practices and technology.
Megacities
Cities with a population of over 10 million people.
Population pyramid
A graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age groups in a population.
Rate of natural increase
The difference between the number of live births and the number of deaths during a specific period.
Relocation Diffusion
The spread of a cultural trait via the migration of people.
Subsistence agriculture
Farming that provides enough food for the farmer and their family but not for sale.
Demographic
Related to the structure of populations.
Gross national income per capita
The total income earned by a nation's residents, divided by its population.
Life expectancy
The average period that a person may expect to live.
Mechanized farming
Agriculture that is characterized by the use of machinery.
Mortality rate
The rate of death in a specified population.
Autonomous region
A region with a degree of autonomy or self-governance.
Devolution
The transfer of powers and responsibilities from the federal government to state and local governments.
Hierarchical Diffusion
The spread of an idea from persons or nodes of authority to other persons or places.
Industrial revolution
A period of widespread industrialization that took place during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Infrastructure
The basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society.
Language Family
A group of languages that have a common origin.
Second Agricultural revolution
A period of agricultural development between the 18th century and early 20th century.
Ecotourism
Responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment.
Gentrification
The process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class taste.
Growth pole
An urban center that attracts a significant number of businesses and people.
Human development index
A composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income indicators.
Sovereignty
The authority of a state to govern itself.
United Nations
An intergovernmental organization aimed at fostering international cooperation.
Von Thünen’s model
A model that explains agricultural land use in concentric circles around a market center.
Gender inequality index
An index for measurement of gender disparity in a country.
Irrigation
The artificial application of water to land for agricultural purposes.
Linguistic
Relating to language or linguistics.
Market gardening
The growing of fruits, vegetables, and flowers for sale at local markets.
Ranching
The practice of raising livestock on large tracts of land.
Colonialism
The policy of acquiring full or partial political control over another country.
Edge city
A significant urban center situated at the outer fringes of metropolitan areas.
Ethnic religion
A religion identified with a particular ethnic group.
Exclusive Economic Zone
A sea zone prescribed by the United Nations that extends 200 nautical miles from the baseline.
Infant mortality rate
The number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1,000 live births.
Site
The physical characteristics of a location.
Stimulus Diffusion
The spread of an underlying principle, even though a specific characteristic is rejected.
Territorial Sea
The waters adjacent to a state's coastline, where the state has sovereignty.
World city
A city that has significant influence on global affairs.
Antinatalist
A viewpoint that assigns a negative value to birth.
Cultural Hearth
A location where a significant culture or civilization began and developed.
Globalization
The process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence.
Guest worker
A foreign laborer who is allowed to work temporarily in a country.
Independence Movement
A movement aimed at achieving independence for a particular region or people.
Outsourcing
Obtaining goods or services from an outside supplier.
Plantation agriculture
A form of commercial farming that specializes in the production of one or two crops.
Primary
The first sector of the economy involving the extraction of natural resources.
Pull factors
Factors that attract people to move to a new location.
Semi-periphery
The economic zone in between the core and periphery.
Supranationalism
The idea of transcending national boundaries or interests.
Tariff
A tax imposed on imported goods.
Acculturation
The process of cultural change and adaptation that occurs when a primary culture comes into contact with another culture.
Assimilation
The process by which individuals or groups adopt the culture of another group.
Nation
A large group of people with common cultural characteristics.
Physical Features (map)
Natural landscape features such as mountains, rivers, and lakes portrayed on a map.
Refugees
People who are forced to flee their home country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
Tertiary
The third sector of the economy focused on services rather than goods.
Unitary State
A state governed as a single entity.
Antecedent Boundary
A boundary that was created before the present-day cultural landscape developed.
Clustered settlement pattern
A pattern of settlement in which homes are built closely together.
Comparative advantage
The ability of an entity to produce a good or service at a lower opportunity cost than others.
Dependency ratio
The ratio of dependents (people younger than 15 or older than 64) to the working-age population.
Dispersed settlement pattern
A pattern of settlement in which homes are spread out over a wide area.
Empowerment measures
Strategies designed to facilitate the participation of marginalized groups in decision-making.
Environmental Determinism
The theory that the physical environment predisposes human social development.
Epidemiological model
A model used to understand the distribution and determinants of health and disease conditions.
Extensive agriculture
Agricultural practices characterized by low inputs of labor per unit of land.