Quaternary Economic Activities • The sector of the economy that consists of

intellectual activities such as government, culture, libraries, scientific research, education.

Rain Shadow Effect

• Dry area found on the leeward side of a mountain range.

Refugee

• One who flees his or her home for safety.

Region

• A place united by a specific characteristics.

Regulations

• A law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to control conduct

Relative Location

• Location in relation to other places.

Renewable Resources

• Recourses that have an unlimited supply an d is not depleted when used by humans.

Republic

• Form of government without a monarch in which people elect their officials.

Russification

• In Nineteenth-century Russia, a government program that required everyone in the empire to speak Russian and to become a Christian.

Scarcity • The fundamental economic problem of

having seemingly unlimited human needs and wants in a world of limited resources.

Secondary Economic Activities

• He portion of the economy concerned with manufacturing useful products through processing, transforming, and assembling raw materials.

Service Industries

• Business that provides a service instead of making goods.

Sikhism

• An Indian religion that separated from Hinduism and was founded in the 16th century. Teaches monotheism and rejects the Vedas.

Socialism

• Political philosophy in which the government owns the means of production.

Socioeconomic Status

• Level of income and education.

Sovereignty

• Self-rule.

Spatial Diffusion

Standard of Living

Steam Power

Subcontinent • Large landmass

that is part of a continent but still distinct from it, such as India.

Subsidized

• A grant or contribution of money

• An amount paid by one government to another to secure some service in return

Subsistence Farming

• Producing just enough food for a family or a village to survive.

Suburb

• Outlying communities around a city.

Surplus

• An amount that is greater than what is needed

Sustainable Development • Technological and economic growth that

does not deplete the human and natural resources of a given area.

Symbiotic

• An interdependent relationship between countries or groups