Chapter 1 Key Term Quiz

A World of Difference
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A separate and distinct unit of political authority.

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

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

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 economic and political alliance of most European countries.

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

A term popularly used during or before the Cold War, for describing communist countries.

The line of longitude designated as the zero degree line.

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

A term used more frequently since the end of the Cold War referring to countries that have since industrialized and matured into First World countries.

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.

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