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Human+Geo
EOC Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Migration | movement of peoples |
| Columbian Exchange | the movement of plants, animals, and diseases between Eastern and Western Hemispheres during the age of exploration |
| Suburbs | communities or a political unit touching the boarders of the city |
| Representative Democracy | where the people rule through elected representatives |
| Exports | goods sold to another country |
| Free Enterprise | private individuals own most of the resources, technology, and businesses, and can operate them for profit with little control from the government. |
| Service Industry | is any kind of economic activity that produces a service rather than a product |
| Multinationals | engaging in business worldwide |
| Megalopolis | is a region in which several large cities and surrounding areas grow together |
| Metropolitan Area | a functional area including a city and its surrounding suburbs and exurbs linked economically |
| Provinces | political units, like a state or territory |
| Reserves | when you set a resource aside, or save it for future use |
| Terrorism | use of force or violence against individuals or property for the purpose of intimidating or causing fear for political or social ends |
| Global Network | worldwide interconnected group |
| Coalition | an alliance or pact between two parties |
| Urban Sprawl | poorly planned development that spreads a city's population over a wider and wider geographical area |
| Infrastructure | basic facilities, services, and machinery needed for a community to function |
| Sustainable Communities | communities where residents could live and work |
| Smart Growth | efficient use and conservation of land and other resources |
| Permafrost | permanently frozen ground |
| Nomads | people who move from place to place |
| Locks | sections of a waterway with closed gates where water levels are raised or lowered |
| St. Lawrence Seaway | connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean by way of the St. Lawrence River |
| Prevailing Westerlies | winds that blow from west to east in the middle of the latitudes |
| Urban Geography | the study of how people use space in cities |
| Landlocked | surrounded by other land with no direct access to the sea/ocean |
| Carrying Capacity | is the number of organisms a piece of land can support |
| Population Density | the average number of people who live in a measurable area |
| Mortality Rate | also know as death rate, is the number of deaths per thousand people |
| Birthrate | number of live births per thousand people |
| Fertility rate | average number of children a woman of childbearing years would have in her lifetime |
| Infant Mortality rate (IMR) | the number of deaths among infants under the age of 1, per thousand live births |
| Dialect | changes in speech patterns related to class, region, or other cultural changes |
| Diffusion | the spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior |
| Innovation | taking existing technology and resources and creating something new to meet a need |
| Acculturation | occurs when a society changes because it accepts or adopts an innovation |
| Culture | is the total knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by the members of a specific group |
| Society | a group that shares a geographic region, a sense of identity, and a culture |
| Assimilation | occurs when a minority group gives up its culture and adopts the majority groups culture |
| Dynasty | a series of rulers from the same family |
| Economic Tiger | is a nation that has rapid economic growth due to cheap labor, high technology, and aggressive exports. |
| Pacific Rim | the countries surrounding the Pacific Ocean |
| Ring of Fire | a chain of Volcanoes that line the Pacific Rim |
| Tsunami | A huge wave of great destructive power |
| Global Economy | where nations are dependent of each other for goods and services |
| Recession | an extended decline in general business activity |
| Archipelago | is a set of closely grouped islands |
| High Islands | are created by volcanoes |
| Low Islands | are made up of coral reefs |
| Oceania | the Pacific Islands, which include New Zealand and Australia |
| Great Barrier Reef | the worlds largest coral reef |
| Outback | the unpopulated inland region in Australia |
| Atoll | is a ringlike coral island or string of small islands surrounding a lagoon |
| Industrialization | the growth of industry, and the growth of cities that results |
| Push-Pull Factors | forces that push or pull people out of their homelands |
| Andes Mountains | a chain of mountain ranges that run through the western portion of South America |
| Amazon River | the largest river in the world, flows 4,000 miles from west to east emptying into the Atlantic Ocean |
| Rain Forest | are dense forests made up of different species of trees |
| Slash and Burn | cutting down of trees, brush, and grasses and burning the debris to clear a field |
| Terraced Farming | is a farming technique where they cut step-like horizontal fields into hillsides and slopes |
| Infrastructure | the basic things a city or economy needs to function. including sewers, transportation, electricity, housing, and communications |
| Deforestation | cutting down and clearing away of trees in the rain forest |
| Global Warming | the warming of the earths atmosphere, creating weather patterns to change |
| Land Reform | the process of breaking up large land holdings and giving portions of the land to land-poor peasant farmers |
| North Atlantic Drift | a current of warm water from the tropics, flows near Europe's west coast bringing it warm weather |
| Republic | a government in which citizens elect representatives to rule in their name |
| Aqueducts | structures that carried water for long distances |
| Nationalism | is the belief that people should be loyal to their nation |
| Parliament | is a representative lawmaking body whose members are elected or appointed |
| Market Economy | in which industries make the goods consumers want to buy |
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