Vocab Quiz 9

Define Climate

• The weather conditions in a general area over a period of time.
• To wear away or change the appearance or texture due to prolonged exposure to air
• A natural feature of the Earth's surface.
• The gradual destruction of something by natural agents such as water or wind.

Define Landforms

• A natural feature of the Earth's surface.
• To wear away or change the appearance or texture due to prolonged exposure to air
• The weather conditions in a general area over a period of time.
• An urban area that has a name, defined boundaries and a local government.

Define Culture

• The set of beliefs, values, and practices that a group of people have in common
• The total number of people in a given area
• Moving from one place to live in another
• A nation with it's own government occupying a particular area. 

Define Humanitarian Aid

• Aid or assistance to people in distress
• International group created to help countries work together
• The society, culture, and way of life of a particular area.
• A group of states or countries under a single supreme ruler

Define Executive Branch

• Carries out the laws
  
• The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.
• The part of the U.S. government that interprets the law and administers justice.
• The part of the United States government that creates laws.

Define Immigration

• The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
• A person who comes to  live permanently in a foreign country.
• A Christian church or congregation with no cleric of its own that depends on support from a larger religious organization.
• An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority

Define Religion

• The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.
• To take control of (an area) and send people to live there.
• An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority
• The science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the

Define Incentives

• A thing that motivates
  or encourages one to do something.
  
• The group of people that make and enforce laws, regulate business and trade, provide aid to people
• More than what is needed or used
• The process of linking the world together by
  communication, culture and trade

Define Command Economy

• Government makes all economic decisions. Government decides how much to make, what to make and who gets what.
• An original economic system in which traditions, customs, and beliefs shape the goods 
  and the services the economy produces, as well as the rules and manner of their distribution.
• The process of linking the world together by
  communication, culture and trade
• A capitalistic economic system in which there is free competition 
  and prices are determined by the interaction of supply and demand.

Define Government

• The group of people that make and enforce laws, regulate business and trade, and provide aid to people
• The state of being scarce or in short supply
• Government makes all economic decisions. Government decides how much to make, what to make and who gets what.
• The process of linking the world together by
  communication, culture and trade