Chapter 1 Key Term Quiz

A World of Difference
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A term for the unplanned, often illegal, informal housing in cities that arise due to the inability of formal markets and public authorities to provide enough affordable and accessible housing. Slums are also referred to as "shantytowns," "informal housing," and "squatter housing."

A political belief system in which a socialist economic system is implemented to allow the state to maintain control over the means of production and to provide for the people according to their perceived needs.

The movement of manufacturing industries from the developed to the developed world.

Early maps first described in the 8th century and printed in the 15th, which depict a view from the northern hemisphere of the world as circular and surrounded by an ocean.

Refers to the indigenous peoples deemed 'marginalized' and 'dispossessed.'

A form of hostility between countries that is marked by threat, military posturing, and other acts short of actual warfare. Also a name given to the USA- USSR conflict between 1945 and 1989.

The line of longitude designated as the zero degree line.

Occurs when birth rates fall to a point that requires less investment in the very young, but before more investment is required on the elderly, and results in the relative and absolute increase of younger, more productive workers.

An acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and (sometimes) South Africa that are grouped together due to the fact that they are all large countries with developing economies.

A separate and distinct unit of political authority.

Organizations that are not sanctioned or affiliated with any particular government or state, but may be funded by particular countries. Examples include the IMF, World Bank, and the WTO.

A term used to describe countries that are progressing economically but are still not developed enough to be considered First World or developed countries.

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