Geography and Economics Concepts

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Demographics

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Characteristics of people groups. How can you describe the people living in a given area?

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Movement

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Places have different characteristics. People, goods, and ideas will move between them.

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Population

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The number of people living in a particular town, area, or country.

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Population Density

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How many people live in a certain place. How close together they are.

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Economics

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How people, businesses, and governments make choices to use resources to satisfy their needs and wants.

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GDP

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Gross Domestic Product: the value of all the goods and services produced in a country; helps us know if a country is rich or poor.

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Imports

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Products that a country does not produce for itself. It must buy these goods from other countries.

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Exports

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Products that a country makes and sells to other countries.

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Industry

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Turning natural resources into finished goods that people want to buy.

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Natural Resources

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Things in nature that are useful to humans