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THE WORLD’S PEOPLE

Understanding Culture

DIRECTIONS: Outlining Reading the section and completing the outline below

will help you learn more about culture. Refer to your textbook to fill in the blanks.

I. is the way of life of a group of people with similar customs and beliefs.

II. Geographers look at eight when studying a society.

A. They study what a society is divided into.

B. They study what the people speak.

1. is one of the strongest unifying forces for a culture.

2. Within some cultures, people speak a , or local form of

language, which differs from the main language.

C. helps people answer basic questions about life’s meaning.

D. Geographers examine people’s —what they eat, wear, and

how they build their homes.

E. shapes how we view the world.

1. People celebrate to honor heroes and heroines.

2. They also remember , or dark periods of history.

F. People express their culture through the .

G. Rules or laws are created by .

1. A democracy is a form of government.

2. One type of unlimited government is a(n) .

H. Culture includes , or how people earn a living.

III. Cultures are always .

A. is the process of spreading new knowledge and skills to other

cultures.

B. As cultures became more complex, four arose.

C. In the 1700s and 1800s, some countries began to .

D. The is the newest revolution.

E. A includes different countries with common traits.

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Population Patterns

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DIRECTIONS: Answering Questions Reading the section and answering the

questions below will help you learn more about population. Refer to your textbook

to write answers to the questions.

1. What are two reasons for the fast growth of the population in the past 200 years?

2. How are birthrates and death rates used to measure population growth?

3. What special needs does a growing population create?

4. What types of land cannot support large populations?

5. Where do people prefer to live?

6. How do geographers figure out population density?

7. How can knowing population density be helpful to geographers, and how can it be misleading?

8. Why do people move to cities?

9. What is the difference between an immigrant and a refugee?

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THE WORLD’S PEOPLE

Resources and World Trade

DIRECTIONS: Outlining Reading the section and completing the outline below

will help you learn more about resources and world trade. Refer to your textbook

to fill in the blanks.

I. How can natural resources, or products people use from nature, be grouped?

A. Renewable resources can be naturally or again.

1. Forests, grasslands, plants, animals, and can be replaced.

2. is power produced by the sun.

B. take too long to replace.

1. , such as coal, , and

natural are sources of energy.

2. is power from an atomic reaction.

II. What are the different types of economic systems?

A. A economy is based on customs.

B. The government makes all economic decisions in a economy.

C. In a economy, individuals make their own decisions.

III. How do people get the resources they need?

A. Countries , or focus on activities best suited to their resources.

B. Countries what they do not need, trading it to other countries.

C. When they cannot produce enough of something, countries it.

IV. How is world trade managed?

A. are taxes charged by some countries on imported goods.

B. Other governments put a , or limit on the number of items allowed into a

country.

C. removes trade barriers.

V. What are differences in the development of countries?

A. have a great deal of manufacturing.

B. are working toward industrialization.

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Technology “Shrinks” the World

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DIRECTIONS: Filling in the Blanks Reading the section and completing

the sentences below will help you learn more about how the world’s people are

being brought closer together. Refer to your textbook to fill in the blanks.

The world’s people have been brought closer together with

(1) . (2) speed

workers from city to city. People can move from one continent to another in just a few

hours by using (3) . News can be

broadcast live to the entire world through the use of (4)

. Millions of people today use the (5) to

exchange mail, shop, do research, exchange photographs, and more. Two important

inventions made this global network possible—the (6) and the

(7) .

Being concerned with the public affairs of a community is

(8) . Citizens in a democracy like the

United States have (9) , which are benefits and protections

guaranteed by law. You also have (10) , which are duties that

you owe other citizens and the government. For example, you have a duty to respect the

(11) and (12) of others.

(13) is when countries depend on one another for

goods, raw materials to make goods, and markets in which to sell goods. Many people

believe that (14) , which is the development of a world culture

and an interdependent economy, might erase traditions and customs of certain groups

of people. A big issue in the world today is to make products, services, and

(15) available to developing countries.