Vocabulary Review #1
Across
- 5. refraining from judging another society’s beliefs and practices as “right” or “wrong”
- 6. A type of region in which everyone shares a common trait or delimited by boundaries
- 9. the portion of the economy involved in knowledge-based work, including media, research, and education
- 11. when scientists, researchers, doctors, and other professionals from developing countries migrate to developed countries
- 12. beliefs, social customs, and material traits practiced by a small, homogeneous group, often living in isolation
- 16. meeting our own needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
- 17. the portion of the economy involved in extracting raw materials
- 18. the portion of the economy involved in providing services
- 22. the type of farming when farmers grow food primarily to feed themselves and their families
- 24. when wealthy individuals move into a low-income area and displace low-income individuals
- 25. the type of agriculture that requires a small amount of labor and money, relative to the amount of land being farmed
- 26. information collected by the federal government in a questionnaire every 10 years that is used to make important policy decisions
- 28. the portion of the economy, often characterized by manufacturing and industry, in which raw materials are converted into finished products
- 29. a system of city design that prioritizes walkability and livability for the city’s inhabitants
Down
- 1. When multiple countries form an organization to collectively achieve greater benefit for all members.
- 2. reducing costs by increasing levels of production
- 3. policies taking steps to control the frequency of childbirth and intervals between births; may include contraception and/or sterilization
- 4. a suburb with over 100,000 residents
- 7. Belief that different cultural or ethnic groups have the right to remain distinct from the dominant popular culture of place.
- 8. highly-populated urban areas characterized by poverty, low-quality housing, and poor living conditions
- 10. utilizing new technologies - including high-yield seeds, fertilizers, and machines - to increase agricultural production in the developing world
- 13. someone who migrated across country borders and cannot return to his or her home country due to fear of persecution
- 14. when a company controls its supply chain, handling all aspects of the production and distribution of a product
- 15. type of agriculture that focuses on growing a single product for market, often using large amounts of labor in a tropical location (LDC) for consumption in MDCs
- 19. Control over developing countries is exerted through indirect means, whether economic, political, or even cultural
- 20. the type of agriculture that requires a large amount of labor and money, relative to the amount of land being farmed
- 21. A theory that states that human population is growing faster than food supply, which will lead to catastrophic famine
- 23. The power of a political unit to rule over its own affairs.
- 27. the total value of goods and services produced within a country