Vocabulary
Matthew Burn
Diversity
Diversity, in geographical terms, is when there is a variety of people of many different races, religions and many other things.
Primary
A primary economy is an economy that has direct use of the natural resources it uses.
Secondary
A secondary economy is one that transforms raw materials so that they can be made into goods.
Quaternary
The quaternary sector is similar to the tertiary, and it is the knowledge-based sector where services are also provided.
Outsourcing
Outsourcing is when companies move to areas where they can hire for cheap, therefore giving jobs to people in that country while the old workers are losing jobs.
European Union
The EU is a 28 member group of states, mainly in Europe, to help make decisions and think of each other as Europeans rather than individual countries.
Truman Doctrine
This was announced by President Truman in order to help Greece and Turkey while the Soviets tried to gain control.
Marshall Plan
This was when the United States gave economic aid to European countries after the devastation of WWll.
Cold War
This was the state of political hostility that existed between the Soviet bloc countries and the US-led Western powers from 1945 to 1990.
Democracy
A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
Infrastructure
The infrastructure is the physical structure that an are needs to operate.
Monarchy
A monarchy is a form of government in which sovereignty is what decides the leaders of the government.
Subsistence Agriculture
Subsistence agriculture is self-sufficiency farming in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families.
Capitalist
This is an economic system that uses a free market for goods and services and private control for consumption and production.
Mixed Economy
A mixed economy is an economic system combining private and public enterprise.
Globalization
Globalization is the Increased flow of trade, people, technology, culture and ideas among countries
Stateless Nation
A stateless nation is an ethnic group, religious group, linguistic group or other group that is not the majority population in a nation state.