CHAPTER 4- THE WORLD’S PEOPLE

WHAT IS AN ACTIVITY OR BEHAVIOR THAT

PEOPLE TAKE PART IN?

Culture Traits

What do you call the set of beliefs, values, and

practices that a group of people has in common?

Culture

What is the study of past cultures through items

that remain?

Archaeology

What is an object made or modified for use by

humans?

Artifact

What is a new IDEA or way of doing something (ex.

technology)?

Innovation

What does GDP stand for?

Gross Domestic Product

What does the GDP of a country measure?

The wealth of the country.

The spread of culture to different areas is what?

Cultural diffusion

What influences the development of culture?

Traditions, laws passed down, immigration,

historical events, the local environment

Which type of government is ruled by a king or

queen?

Monarchy

Which type of government has leaders

(representatives) that are elected?

Democracy

Which government has one ruler with total control

(not inherited)?

Dictatorship

Which government owns all property and citizens

have few rights?

Communism

Which government is ruled by a small group?

Oligarchy

Which economy is represented by trading

items that one has grown themselves?

Traditional

In which type of economy can people trade freely and compete to make

money (supply and demand)?

Market

The government makes all the decisions and owns all

the business in this economy. What is it?

Command

Which type of economy does the United States

have?

Market economy

Which type of economy would a Communist

country have?

Command economy

Why would a command economy fit best with a

communist government?

The government has total control.