Chapter 1 Key Term Quiz

A World of Difference
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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.

A term replacing the previously used 'developed' designation for countries, named because of the location of most developed countries, which sits above the 30 degrees North latitude line.

A measurement of the number of deaths of children under one year of age.

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.

A grouping of the richest 35 counties of the world in North America, Western Europe, East Asia and South America.

The line of longitude designated as the zero degree line.

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 separate and distinct unit of political authority.

A line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole that designates the point at which one calendar day turns to the next.

A term replacing the previously used 'developing' designation for countries, referring to the dominance of such countries below the 30 North latitude line.

A term used to describe countries that are poor with high population growth and numerous economic and societal problems.

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