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GeographyFinal
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Population Pyramid | a graphical representation of the distribution of various age groups in a certain area or country. |
| Metric System Measurements | millimeter, centimeter, meter, kilometer |
| Lorenz Curve | a graphical representation of the distribution of wealth. |
| International Monetary Fund | (IMF) an organization of 187 countries working to develop global financial security. |
| G-8 | group of 8; countries that meet annually to discuss global issues. |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement; 1994 free trade among North American Countries. |
| Fair Trade | System of exchange that honors producers, communities, consumers, and the environment |
| Geography | Science that studies the features of Earth/ |
| Refugee | someone who has come to a new country because of war, famine, persecution, etc. |
| Infant Mortality Rate | # of babies that die per 1000 |
| Emigrants | someone who leaves their country to settle in another. |
| ecological footprint | measure of human demand on the earth's ecosystems |
| Push and Pull Factors | Push: Something that causes someone to leave their country; war, famine, persecution, lack of education, etc. Pull: Something that causes someone to move to a new country; education, freedom, jobs, etc. |
| Population Explosion | The geometrics expansion of a biological population especially the unchecked growth resulting from a decrease in infant mortality and and increase in longevity. |
| Population Density | # of people in a unit of area. Usually measured per square mile or kilometer. |
| Disparity | The condition or fact of being unequal as in age, rank, wealth, etc. |
| Latitude | Lines on a map or globe measuring distance north and south of the equator |
| Longitude | Lines on a map or globe that measure distance East and West of the Prime Meridian |
| GNI Index | the distribution of income among individuals. |
| Human Development Index | HDI; measures and ranks countries levels of social and economic development based on: life expectancy, yrs of school, GNI |
| Sustainability | the capacity to endure the long-term maintenance of responsibility. |
| 5 Themes of geography | location, region, human development, movement, place |
| Archipelago | A stretch or group of islands |
| Remittances | a sum of money sent |
| Gender equality | Goal to have the equality of genders. |
| Millennium Development Goala | 2015: Gender Equality Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger Improve Maternal Health Ensure Environmental Sustainability Achieve Universal Primary Ed Combat Disease Develop Global Partnership Reduce Child Mortality |
| Purchasing Power Parity | What a person can buy with their income at local prices made in a year |
| GNP | Gross National Product; total value of all final goods and services |
| Age Cohort | A certain age group being studied |
| Relative Location | uses surroundings to point out location; such as nearby and next to |
| Absolute Location | a location that is described ver specifically using things like longitude and latitude coordinates. |
| ProNatalist | A policy that encourages women that bear children to increase population or other reasons. |
| AntiNatalist | A policy that encourages or forces women that have less or no kids to decrease population, etc. |
| LEDC | Less Economically Developed Country; less job availability, not as good education, usually a higher birth rate. |
| MEDC | More Economically Developed Country; job availability, education, |
| Global Warming | an increase in Earth's average temperature |
| Greenhouse Effect | an atmospheric heating phenomenon caused by solar radiation. |
| Biodiversity | The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem |
| Vulnerable Species | A species that is noticed because it has small #'s and if anything were to negatively affect these, it could become a threatened species. |
| Threatened Species | Has low #'s of population and a smaller range of area to live. Likely to become endangered if negatively affect. |
| Endangered Species | Has been negatively affected and has very low numbers, as low as 1. Can't survive and will become extinct w/out conservation efforts. |
| Extinct Species | no longer exists due to : rapid loss of habitat, over exploitation, etc. |
| Man Made Disasters | (Anthropogenic Hazard); a threat having an element of human intent, negligence, or error |
| Overexploitation | when some can become extremely endangered or even extinct because of the rate in which the species is being used. e.g. Whaling, animal part trade |
| Universal Soil Loss Equation | Mathematical model used to describe soil erosion |
| soil Degradation | soil deteriorates because of human activity and loses it's quality/ productivity. |
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