Vocabulary 5

modification

• process of changing the environment

• conditions needed to create goods and services in an economy, generally land, labor, and capital

• the process of spreading cultural traits from one region to another

• refers to a natural resource that can be replenished naturally

non-renewable resource

• an interchange of plants, animals, disease, people, and culture between the Western and Eastern hemispheres following the voyages of Columbus

• materials found in nature that are often used for economic gain

• conditions needed to create goods and services in an economy, generally land, labor, and capital

• refers to a natural resource that can be replenished naturall

deforestation

• conditions needed to create goods and services in an economy, generally land, labor, and capital

• clearing forests to use the area for other purposes

• the process of spreading cultural traits from one region to another

• process of changing the environment

mural

• refers to natural resources that cannot be remade or replenished

• a pattern resulting from the combination of precipitation and temperature over time in a location

• a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.

• the process of spreading cultural traits from one region to another

rainforest

• refers to natural resources that cannot be remade or replenished

• clearing forests to use the area for other purposes

• a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.

• process of changing the environment

indigenous

• relating to or being a people who are the original, earliest known inhabitants of a region, or are their descendants:

• the process of spreading cultural traits from one region to another

• materials found in nature that are often used for economic gain

• a pattern resulting from the combination of precipitation and temperature over time in a location

culture trait

• a pattern resulting from the combination of precipitation and temperature over time in a location

• a characteristic, such as language, beliefs, food, or  customs that is shared by a group

• the physical qualities that reflect the culture of a particular place

• the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular grou

socialist economy

• the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular group

• economy in which the government controls all production and distribution of goods and services

• market system operating free from government intervention  

• economy in which the government owns and operates large-scale companies for the benefit of the public

communist economy

• economy in which the government controls all production and distribution of goods and services

• long-standing practices, traditions, or customs that regulate a group

•  market system operating free from government intervention  

• government characterized by a constitution that divides power between a central governmental authority and smaller regional subdivisions of government, such as states or provinces

Columbian Exchange

• government characterized by a constitution that divides power between a central governmental authority and smaller regional subdivisions of government, such as states or provinces

• economy in which the government owns and operates large-scale companies for the benefit of the public

• an interchange of plants, animals, disease, people, and culture between the Western and Eastern hemispheres following the voyages of Columbus

• political system characterized by a national government that performs all government functions and limits the powers of regional governments