Human Geography Unit 2 VOCAB PDF

https://quizlet.com/_uffi1?x=1jqt&i=1f6ss Name: _____________________________ Unit 2 – Human Geography VOCAB Context Clues – Read each sentence. Look for clues about the meaning of th...

https://quizlet.com/_uffi1?x=1jqt&i=1f6ss Name: _____________________________ Unit 2 – Human Geography VOCAB Context Clues – Read each sentence. Look for clues about the meaning of the boldfaced word. Underline another word or phrase that helps you to understand the new vocabulary term. 1. Hamdi loved having her friends over to her house to show them her culture by cooking some Somali foods along with teaching them the Somali language. 2. The Maori of New Zealand are an ethnic group with a similar cultural background. 3. In order to control and run a country, people will create a government. 4. The government of Saudi Arabia is a monarchy because they are run by King Abdullah. 5. In the 1930s and 1940s the government of Germany was a dictatorship lead by Adolf Hitler. Hitler was violent and took away the rights of millions of people. 6. One of the most uncommon forms of government is a theocracy, which is a government based on a particular religion and run by religious leaders. 7. The presidential democracy of the United States began in 1789 when people in the United States elected George Washington as president to lead their country. 8. India is the world’s largest parliamentary democracy and they elect many people to represent them and make their laws. The leader of the majority runs their government. 9. Some countries, like China, are a single-party state and only one political party is allowed and only the leaders of that political party are allowed to make decisions. 10. Everyone is entitled to basic human rights, such as freedom of speech, freedom from torture, and more. All people are entitled to these rights, regardless of race, gender, religion. 11. With over 192 country members, the United Nations has a goal to promote peace and cooperation amongst the countries of the world. 12. The United Nations created sustainable goals that would be maintained for many years. 13. The economy of the United States is very diverse. There are a lot of ways that people make money by producing, buying, and selling many goods and services. 14. Around the world different countries and their governments use different economic systems to determine the role that the citizens and the government have in economic decisions. 15. Unfortunately, we don’t live in a world of unlimited resources. Resources like oil are limited, and the scarcity of limited resources like oil can cause problems. 16. The economy of Cuba is a command economy and almost all of the decisions about what to make and how much to sell are decided by the Cuban government. 17. The economy of Australia is very much a market economy and most of the economic decisions are made by the people with little involvement from the government. 18. Almost all of the world’s economies are a mixed economy because economic decisions are made by both the government and the people.  19. The total value of all goods and services produced last year in Germany would be the gross domestic product of that country. 20. With a total of 400 cows and a population of 40 people, the people of Hanistan have a rate of 4 cows per capita. 21. Over 99 percent of the people in Finland can read and write which gives them a very high literacy rate. 22. The poverty rate shows the number or percentage of people that live below a certain income. 23. In Japan, the average life expectancy of a person is 91 years old compared to Switzerland where people only live to 82 years on average. 24. In France on average 3.3 children for every 1,000 die before their first birthday, giving them a low infant mortality rate. 25. The standard of living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is lower than that of other countries, as many people live in poverty and have a hard time finding food. Matching – On the lines below write the correct term next to its definition. The terms are listed in the Processing section below and on the Learning Target document – as well as bolded above. the idea that resources (land, money, people)are limited a system of government headed by a single ruler, like a king or queen, who usually inherits their position (Saudi Arabia) a system of government where only one political party is allowed, the leaders of the political party lead the country (China) all economic decisions are made by the government - the government owns the resources and plans the economy the percentage of people that can read and write in a country a system of government headed by a single ruler - often they take power violently and then abuse the rights of their people (North Korea) the average number of infants out of every 1,000 that die before reaching age one. economic decisions are made by the people - the people own the resources and plan the economy a government headed by religious leaders based on a certain religion (Iran...Kind of...) the total value of all goods and services produced in a country within a year the way a country manages its money and resources (workers, land) to produce, buy, and sell goods & services economic decisions made by a combination of the government and the people a system of government where voters elect a president to lead the government, and they elect other people to make laws (United States) how long a person lives on average. how a country's economy is organized  a system used for controlling and running a country a system of government where voters elect people to represent them and make laws, the majority party runs the government (Germany, India) the percentage of people that earn/live below a specific amount of money each year. unit of measurement per person the set of beliefs, behaviors, and traits shared by a group of people. a group of people with a common racial, national, tribal, religious, or cultural background. The overall level of comfort and well-being of a group or a country. The basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are considered to be entitled. Often include life, liberty, and, freedom from slavery and torture. a supranational organization formed in 1945 to increase political and economic cooperation among member countries able to be maintained at a certain rate or level. Processing – Visually represent each new term with a drawing – do NOT write definitions. scarcity single-party state command economy dictatorship economic system economy government theocracy market economy mixed economy monarchy poverty rate  culture ethnic Group standard of living per-capita United Nations literacy rate life expectancy infant mortality rate parliamentary Gross Domestic presidential Human Rights democracy Product (GDP) democracy Sustainable HOT Skills – Answer the questions below using complete sentences – be sure to include the appropriate terms. Feel free to answer on a separate piece of paper. EXPLAIN COMPARE/CONTRAST DEFEND Give evidence to support your Use examples to explain Use facts (at least 3!) to support answer. similarities and differences. your opinion. EXPLAIN: Explain the relationship between the type of government a nation has and their economic system. COMPARE/CONTRAST: Choose any two forms of government and explain the similarities and differences between the two (dictatorship, monarchy, parliamentary democracy, presidential democracy, single-party state, theocracy). DEFEND: Suppose you had the power to change the type of government in the United States (or keep it as what we have) – defend the type of government you would choose.