Western Hemisphere Vocab (6th CW)

A system in which people produce, sell and buy things.

• migration

• economic

• democracy

• globalization

A good that one country receives from another for sale and distribution.

• import

• export

• cultural borrowing

• natural resources

A good that one country sends to another for sale and distribution.

• import

• export

• economic indicators

• human environment interaction

A government ban on trade with another country. Countries set these to show their disapproval of another country’s activities.

• economic indicators

• colonization

• democracy

• embargo

The development of a world economy based on free trade and the use of foreign labor.

• embargo

• life expectancy

• globalization

• ecotourism

The strength of a country’s economy can be measured by several indicators, or signs. One is the GDP or Gross Domestic Product.

• cultural diffusion

• dictatorship

• economic indicator

• globalization

When you eat, do traditions, or holidays with other people.

• economic

• social

• political

• environment

The practice of directly controlling and settling foreign territories.

• mainland

• migration

• colonization

• embargo

To move from one place to another in a certain path.

• climate zones

• human environment interaction

• economic indicators

• migration

A person who takes up permanent residence in another country.

• immigration

• migration

• globalization

• dictatorship