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 |