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- 4. The migration of people from city centers to outlying areas, leading to growth in suburban areas. It impacts housing and infrastructure development. (Unit 6, IDK)
- 5. The total value of all goods and services produced within a country. It’s often confused with GNI but focuses solely on domestic production. (Unit 7, CC)
- 7. A measurement of a country’s total income, including overseas earnings.Unlike GDP, it includes income from international sources. (Unit 7, CC)
- 8. People who are forced to flee their home country due to war, persecution, or natural disasters. Confused with internally displaced persons (IDPs), who remain within their home country. (Unit 2, CC)
- 9. The shift from agrarian economies to industrialized ones, starting in the 18th century.It marked the transformation of production, transportation, and society globally. (Unit 7, VIT)
- 11. The process by which more people move into urban areas, changing the landscape and economy. Understanding urbanization is key to studying population dynamics. (Unit 6, VIT)
- 13. The idea that a person's beliefs and practices should be understood based on that person's own culture, rather than be judged by another culture's standards.It contrasts with ethnocentrism. (Unit 3, CC)
- 15. A shift from mass production to more flexible, customized methods of manufacturing.It's important for understanding modern industry and the service economy. (Unit 7, IDK)
- 17. Definition:Describes a place's location in relation to other locations.Significance: Important for understanding spatial relationships and how places interact within the environment. (Unit 1, VIT)
- 18. Positive aspects of a destination, like job opportunities or better living conditions, that attract people to move there. Pull factors complement push factors in migration theories. (Unit 2, IDK)
- 22. The authority of a state to govern itself without external interference.It’s crucial for understanding international relations and the foundation of state power. (Unit 4, VIT)
- 23. Immigration: Moving into a new country.Emigration: Leaving one's home country.Significance: Important for understanding migration patterns and international population movements. (Unit 2, CC)
- 24. A group of people who share common cultural characteristics, including language and history.It’s often confused with a state, which is a political entity with defined boundaries and sovereignty. (Unit 4, CC)
- 26. A place’s position in relation to other locations. Unlike absolute location, it gives context but is less precise. (Unit 1, CC)
- 30. Definition: An agricultural system in which land is cleared for planting and then left fallow after a few seasons.Significance: Important for understanding traditional and sustainable agricultural practices. (Unit 5, IDK)
- 32. A cylindrical map projection where longitude lines are parallel. It distorts size near the poles, but is commonly used for navigation. (Unit 1, IDK)
- 33. The exact coordinates (latitude/longitude) of a place, as opposed to relative location. Absolute location is more precise for mapping. (Unit 1, CC)
- 34. The ability to speak two languages fluently. This is important because people who are bilingual are significant to all the changes around the world. (Unit 3, VIT)
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- 1. A region that has a degree of self-government, or autonomy, in its decision making. It is significant because it tells us the control different regions have within their government. (Unit 4, IDK)
- 2. A certification program that supports good crop prices for farmers and environmentally sound farming practices and a movement for the consumption of food produced close to where it is consumed These are important because they both provide good food benefits. (Unit 5, CC)
- 3. Subsistence Agriculture: Agriculture aimed at producing enough for the farmer's family.Commercial Agriculture: Agriculture aimed at producing for the market.Significance: Helps differentiate types of agricultural practices based on scale and purpose. (Unit 5, CC)
- 5. The process of wealthier people moving into a previously low-income neighborhood, leading to displacement of lower-income residents. It’s a controversial aspect of urban development. (Unit 6, IDK)
- 6. Definition: A set of agricultural innovations in the mid-20th century that increased food production.Significance: Significant for understanding global agricultural production and food security. (Unit 5, VIT)
- 10. Definition: A person's subjective perception of the world, often shaped by experiences.Significance: Influences how we navigate and understand geography and space. (Unit 1, IDK)
- 12. Conditions that drive people to leave a place, such as economic hardship or political instability. Push factors help explain migration patterns and their impacts. (Unit 2, IDK)
- 14. A group of people with a common culture or ethnicity.State: A political entity with defined borders and government.Significance: Helps differentiate between cultural and political concepts. (Unit 4, CC)
- 16. When an ethnic or immigration group adopts the ways of the host society to be able to function economically and socially and when an ethnic or immigration group blends in with the host culture and loses cultural traits.These are significant because it helps us learn about why cultural groups start to lose their traits/traditions. (Unit 3, CC)
- 19. A grain plant native to northeast Africa This is an important plant that is significant to the people in Africa. (unit 5,IDK)
- 20. A suburban area with a significant amount of office, retail, and commercial space, usually on the outskirts of a major city. The Confused with CBD but located outside central areas. (Unit 6, CC)
- 21. A set of traditional symbols or symbolic forms associated with a country and its citizens. It is significant because it is important to people and their traditions. (Unit 4, IDK)
- 25. Definition: The maximum population size an environment can sustain.Significance: Critical in understanding human-environment interaction and sustainability issues.(Unit 2, VIT)
- 27. The system of mass production with assembly lines, pioneered by Henry Ford.It changed manufacturing efficiency and labor organization. (Unit 7, IDK)
- 28. Relating to a city It’s about our city and about our world so it’s important to know (Unit 6, CC)
- 29. Definition: The process through which individuals or groups adopt the culture of another group.Significance: Important for studying cultural change and integration. (Unit 3, IDK)
- 31. The blending of different cultural or religious traditions to create a new, hybrid culture. It’s significant in explaining cultural evolution and fusion. (Unit 3, IDK)