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Artifact
A material object of a culture such as a tool, an article of
clothing or a prepared food.
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Barter
The trade of goods and services for other
goods and services without the use of money.
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Capital Good
A productive resource consisting of human-made materials
needed to produce goods and services; capital goods include
buildings, machinery, equipment and tools.
Consumer
A person whose wants are satisfied by using goods and
services.
Consumption
The purchase and/or use of goods and services.
Cost
An alternative given up as a result of a decision.
Cultural Perspective
The complex set of meanings, attitudes, values and ideas
belonging to a cultural group. Cultural
Practice
A pattern of behavior accepted by society.
Culture
Learned behavior of a group of people, which
includes their belief systems and languages,
their social relationships, their institutions
and organizations, and their material goods such
as food, clothing, buildings, tools, and
machines.
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Demand
The quantities of a good or service that
consumers are willing and able to buy at various prices
during a given time period.
Diffusion
The spread of people, ideas, technology and
products among places.
Discrimination
Unfair treatment of a person or group based
on a variety of prejudices.
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Economic Growth
An increase in an economy's ability to produce goods and
services over time.Entrepreneurship
The organization of productive
resources by a person willing to take risks to start.
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Globalization
The act, process or policy of making something worldwide in
scope or application.Goods
Objects that are capable of satisfying
people’s wants.
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Human Characteristic /
Feature
An aspect of a place or a quality of the
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Market
The interaction of buyers and sellers
exchanging goods or services.
Multiple-tier Timeline
A timeline that utilizes two or more rows of events, with
each row representing a different subject or perspective
occurring during the period under study (e.g., a timeline
of the 19th century with separate rows for
political, social, military and technological developments).
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Nation
A group of people bound together by a strong
sense of shared values and cultural characteristics,
including language, religion and common history.Natural
Resource
A productive resource supplied by nature
(e.g., ores, trees, arable land).
Nonrenewable Resource
A finite natural resource that cannot be
replaced once it is used (e.g., petroleum, minerals).
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Perspective
A specific point of view in understanding or judging things
or events.Physical Characteristic /
Feature
A natural aspect or quality of the Earth’s
surface that includes land formations and vegetation zones.
Place
A location having distinctive characteristics which give it
meaning and character and distinguish it from other
locations.
Producer
A person who makes goods and services.
Product
Something produced by human or mechanical
effort or by a natural process.
Production
The act of combining natural resources,
human resources, capital goods and entrepreneurship to make goods and services.
Productive Resources
The resources used to make goods and services (i.e.,
natural resources, human resources, capital goods).
Pull factor
A social, political, economic or
environmental attraction of a new area that drew people away
from their previous location.
Push factor
A social, political, economic, or
environmental force that drove people from their previous location to search for a new one.
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Region
An area with one or more common
characteristics or features, which give it a measure of
homogeneity and make it different from surrounding areas.
Reliability
The degree to which something is trustworthy or is suitable
to be depended upon.
Renewable Resource
A natural resource that can be
regenerated if used carefully (e.g., fish, timber).
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Standard of Living
A person's or group's level of material well-being, as
measured by education, housing, health care and nutrition.
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Territory
An area of land; the land and waters under
the jurisdiction of a state, nation or sovereign.
Trade-off
The sacrifice of one option for another when a decision is
made.
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