World Geography - Chapter 3 Vocabulary Terms

1. the way of life that distinguishes a people, for example, government, language, religion, customs, and beliefs
3. descriptive of a system of government in which the leaders hold all political power
6. a place in which important ideas begin and there after spread to surrounding cultures
14. an economic system in which families produce goods and services for their own use, with little surplus and exchange of goods; also known as a substance economy
18. the contact and interaction of one culture with another
19. the growth of city populations
20. a country’s freedom and power to decide on policies and actions
21. an economic system in which decisions about production, price, and other economic factures are determined by the law of supply and demand
22. a person who leaves a country to live elsewhere

2. a system of government in which a central authority controls all aspects of society
4. of, or characteristic of, the countryside
5. an economic system that is controlled by a single, central government
7. a system of government in which individual political units keep sovereignty but give limited power to a central government
8. the process by which a cultural element is transmitted from one group or individual to another
9. the number of living births each year per 1,000 people
10. a system of government in which one central government holds most of the political power
11. the restriction of a culture from outside influences
12. the average number of people living in a given area
13. a system of authoritarian government headed by a monarch, a king, queen, shah, or sultan – whose position is usually inherited
15. a system of government in which absolute power is held by a small group or one person
16. a government structure in which some powers are given to the national government and other powers are reserved for more local government
17. a system of government in which the people are invested with the power to choose their leaders and determine government policy