Geography 9 Weeks Test Review

1. a way of life of a group of people who share similar culture traits, including beliefs, customs, technology, and material items

• Culture
• Ethnic Group
• Family
• Religion

2. the spread of culture traits, material and non-material, from one culture to another

• Distribution
• Cultural diffusion
• Transfer of knowledge
• Changing culture

3. the expansion of economic, political, and cultural processes to the point that they become global in scale and impact

• Cultural Diffusion
• Trade
• Globalization
• Culture

4. form of government in which powers are divided between the national government and state or provincial governments

• Federal System
• Unitary System

5. a government that gives all key power to the national or central government

• Federal System
• Unitary System

6. a system of government in which one person rules with unlimited power and authority

• Autocracy
• Monarchy
• Oligarchy
• Theocracy
• Democracy

7. a form of autocracy with a hereditary king or queen exercising supreme power

• Autocracy
• Monarchy
• Oligarchy
• Theocracy
• Democracy

8. system of government in which a small group holds power

• Autocracy
• Monarchy
• Oligarchy
• Theocracy
• Democracy

9. system of government in which those who rule are regarded as divinely inspired

• Autocracy
• Monarchy
• Oligarchy
• Theocracy
• Democracy

10. system of government in which leaders rule with consent of the citizens

• Autocracy
• Monarchy
• Oligarcy
• Theocracy
• Democracy