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UNIT 1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Approximate population of the earth:
Is population increasing or decreasing? Why?
What are the consequences?
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Population density –
Demography –
Culture -
Political beliefs –
Economic beliefs –
More than _______ countries exist today
4 Characteristics of a country:
Nearly all countries are broken down into smaller political units –
Confederation –
Types of leadership:
Authoritarian –
Dictatorship Totalitarian –
Monarchy Constitutional Monarchy Democracy –
Fascism –
Nationalism –
Militarism –
Imperialism –
Isolationism -
Capitalism
Communism
Socialism
TERMS
Renewable resources –
Non-renewable resources –
Subsistance farming –
Commercial farming –
Gross national product (GNP) Per capita GNP -
Energy Sources:
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Types of economic activity:
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