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The
Vocab
Pyramid
Dictatorship: A
government with a
single powerful ruler
Governor: the chief
executive of a state
government
Republicans: one of the
two major political
parties in America
Constitutional
Monarchy: a
government with a
king or queen, but
also a constitution
United Nations: the
agency whose main
goal is keeping world
peace
Secretary of State: the
President’s advisor on
foreign policy
Quality of life
indicators: signs which
show whether or not we
have a good life
Transboundary:
something that affects
more than one
geographic area
Economy: pertaining to
money, how its made,
spent, and exchanged
Subsidies: government
aid to businesses or
institutions
Scarcity: insufficiency
of a supply; shortage
Migration: movement
of people or animals
Environmental scarcity:
limited natural
resources
Infrastructure: the
things a community
needs to function
GPI: measurement of
quality of life that
combines economic
resources with
indicators of well being
Developed countries:
nations with a high per
person income average
Immigrants: people
who move into one
country from another
Desertification:
spreading of desert
areas
Stakeholders: any party
that has an interest in an
organization or
community
Transnational:
something that affects
more than one country
Fossil fuels: coal, oil
and natural gas
produced by the
decomposition of plants
and animals
Fertility rate: the ratio
of live births to the
population of an area
Refugee: people who
have fled their country
Civic engagement:
being involved and
active in your
community
GDP: total value of
goods and services
produced within a
country
Representative
government: when
citizens delegate
authority to elected
representatives
Systemic thinking: seeing
structures that underlie
complex situations and
acting based upon that
understanding
Globalization: societies
throughout the world
and how they connect
with each other
Consumption: the use of
natural resources
Renewable: something
that can regenerate or
come back
Terrorism: one force
trying to take down
another through acts of
violence against
innocent people
Arable land: soil fit to
be cultivated or farmed
Worldview: perspectives
and beliefs through
which we make sense of
our lives and our world
Sustainable development:
actions that won’t hurt
the future’s ability to
advance
Nonrenewable:
something that cannot
regenerate or come
back
Structural scarcity: an
unequal social
distribution of resources
Structural solutions:
changing a component
of a system to alleviate
a problem
Carbon dioxide: a
colorless, odorless gas
with one carbon and
two oxygen atoms
Global warming: a rise
in temperature which
occurs as greenhouse
gasses build up and trap
heat
Culture: social
behavior, beliefs, and
other characteristics of a
people
Aquifers: a natural
underground source of
water
Developing countries:
nations with a low per
person income