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Cards (30)

Section 1

(30 cards)

Infrastructure

Front

the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area

Back

Geographic Information System

Front

(communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome

Back

Dictatorship

Front

a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

Back

Latitude

Front

an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator

Back

Polytheistic

Front

worshipping or believing in more than one god

Back

Monarchy

Front

an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority

Back

Market Economy

Front

an act of economizing

Back

State

Front

the way something is with respect to its main attributes

Back

Society

Front

an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

Back

Innovation

Front

being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before

Back

Geography

Front

study of the earth's surface

Back

Diffusion

Front

the act of dispersing or diffusing something

Back

Communism

Front

a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership

Back

Urbanization

Front

the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban

Back

Monotheistic

Front

believing that there is only one god

Back

Economy

Front

an act of economizing

Back

Culture

Front

the raising of plants or animals

Back

GDP

Front

measure of the United States economy adopted in 1991

Back

Weather

Front

the meteorological conditions: temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation

Back

Acculturation

Front

the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture

Back

Push-pull factors

Front

(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain

Back

Longitude

Front

an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator

Back

Democracy

Front

a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

Back

Ethnic Group

Front

any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

Back

Nation

Front

love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it

Back

Nation-State

Front

the way something is with respect to its main attributes

Back

Command Economy

Front

take arbitrarily or by force

Back

Climate

Front

the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time

Back

Religion

Front

a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny

Back

GNP

Front

former measure of the United States economy

Back