Chapter 1 Key Term Quiz

A World of Difference
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The movement of manufacturing industries from the developed to the developed world.

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

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

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.

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 global change in mortality and fertility that occurred around 1800, but also refers to the four phases of transition.

The economic and political alliance of most European countries.

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

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.

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.

A separate and distinct unit of political authority.

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

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