Study for test on 3/19

Doubling time

The amount of years a population needs to double

Population Distribution

The pattern of where humans live on the planet

Population density

The mean number of people living within a square mile or kilometer

Megalopolis

A largely populated mix of cities

Ethnic group

The members of a culture

Dialect

Features of a language

Cultural region

An area where people have have traits in common

Representative democracy

Where citizens elect government officials

Globalization

The process of which cultures, nations, and economies become integrated or mixed.

Economic System

The way things are produced

Traditional Economy

Resources distributed through families

GDP

The total value in dollars, of all goods and services produced in a country in one year

Standard of living

the level at which a person, group, or nation lives as measured by the extent to which it meets its needs

Free trade

arrangement whereby a group of countries decides to set little or no tariffs on quotas