General human

• Enterprise Zones


  Regions that are set up by the government to encourage businesses to move in. They tend to have lower tax rates or newly constructed offices
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)


  When a business or person in one country invests in a business located in a different country
• Globalisation


  The process through which countries are becoming more interconnected. This is due to factors such as trade, migration, technology and culture
• Hate Crime

  Crime and abuse which is motivated by prejudice against someone due to their race, religion or sexuality
• Immigration


  The permanent movement of people to live in a country which is different to their home country
• Migration


  The permanent movement of people to live somewhere else within a country
• Multicultural Event


  An event which celebrates a culture or religion originally from another country (for example, Chinese New Year or Brazilian Carnival)
• Net Migration

  The difference between the number of migrants moving into a country and the number of migrants moving out of the country
• Primary Industry

  Industry associated with producing raw materials and crops, for example farmers or miners
• Privatisation

  Essential services that are taken over by a private company from the government
• Population Characteristics

  Factors used to describe people living in an area or community e.g age, ethnicity, gender and employment
• Population Density


  The amount of people per square area of land. It's a measure of how squashed together or spread out a population is
• Quaternary Industry


  An imaginary line that can be drawn from the centre of an urban city to the centre of a rural area, to show the difference in living conditions and population characteristics
• Rural-Urban Continuum


  An imaginary line that can be drawn from the centre of an urban city to the centre of a rural area, to show the difference in living conditions and population characteristics
• Secondary Industry


  The manufacturing industry which turns raw materials into produce and goods, for example factory workers or bakers
• Segregation

  A group of people who are isolated from the rest of society. This could be because they choose to live separately or they are excluded from socialising with the population
• Shrinking World


  The feeling of the world becoming smaller and more easily accessible
• Tertiary Industry


  Jobs relating to services and working with people, for example teachers or waitresses
• Trade Bloc


  A group of countries which join together to promote trade between themselves
• Trans-National Company (TNC)


  A company which operates in different countries to where their headquarters are based