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first level activity=hunt, cut wood, mine, or fish. second level activity is people process the products of first level activities or manufacturing. third level activity is the grocery store or selling the goods

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why do people who live in similar environments use their land differently?

because people have different cultural traits

which is a richness of different kinds of living things.

biodiversity

the number of live births each year per 1,000 people

birth rate

demographers are able to figure out population growth by comparing

birth rates and death rates

the growth of machine-powered production, or industrialization.

changed the landscape around the world

technology for building structures that alter the landscape such as dams, canals, bridges, and roads

civil engineering

nonrenewable resources hint: Coles, Natural Goods

coal and natural gas

the movement of settlers and their culture to a new country

colonization

clonization changes a region by changing the landscape to fit (blank) practices

cultural

people may use their land differently because their (blank) have developed in different environments, or natural surroundings

cultures

selling products is NOT and example of how people may respond differently to their environments, depending on their (blank)

cultures

the number of deaths each year per 1,000 people

death rate

the loss of forest cover in a region

deforestation

the science that studies population distribution and change

demography

natural surroundings

environment

herding is an example of what kind of level activity?

first

the growth of machine-powered production in an economy

industriaisation

the large-scale production of goods by hand or by machine

manufacturing

how have advances in medicine affected the population?

more birth caused by people living longer

useful materials found in the environment

natural resources

a mineral is a.... hint: where does it go?

nonrenewable

natural resources that cannot be replaced

nonrenewable resources

waste that makes the air, soil, or water less clean

pollution

total number of people

population

the average number of people per square mile or kilometer hint: the more dense the bigger

population density

the way the population is spread out over an area

population distribution

natural resources that just be worked to be useful

raw materials

geographers call water a.... hint: the water cycle

renewable resource

natural resources that can be replaced hint: they can be renewed

renewable resources

anything from earth that helps to meet peoples needs for food, clothing, or shelter is a.......

resource

turning raw materials into things that people can use is the

second stage of economic development

an example of how rapid population growth can affect the environment may include hint: deforestation

shrinking forests

how does the farmers choice of having fertilizers and chemicals for their crops?

the chemicals get washed away by the rain into streams the soil

in which stage of economic activity do people use land and resources directly to make products?

the first level activity

where do most third level activities take place in the world?

the grocery store

what occurs in second-level activities?

they process the products of first level activities

living resources hint: Tree, Chocolate

trees, corn

true or false? civil engineering is the technology used to alter the landscape

true

renewable resources hint: W

water

energy resources are not evenly spread around the......

world


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