Geography terms Test
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| A. Plates are bonded portions of the earth's mantle and crust, averaging 60 m/100 km in thickness. More than a dozen such plates exist, most of continental proportions, and
they are in motion. Where they meet one slides under the other, crumpling the surfaB. far-flung group of countries and parts of countries extending clockwise on the
map from New Zealand to Chile sharing the following criteria 1 they face the Pacific
2 they evince relatively high levels of economic development, industrialization, and
uC. root of this word is the Latin for mixed; it means a person of mixed white andD. Crescent-shaped zone of productive lands extending from the southeastern
Mediterranean coast through Lebanon and Syria to the alluvial lowlands of Mesopotamia (in
Iraq). Once more fertile than today, this is one of the world's great source areas of agE. The transformation of a hillside or mountain slope into a step-like sequence of
horizontal fields for intensive cultivationF. A person of mixed African (black) and European (white) ancestry.@G. the political dominance of a country (or even a region) by another country. The
former Soviet Union's postwar grip on Eastern Europe, which lasted from 1945-1990, was a
classic example.H. A change in residence intended to be permanent, See also forced, internalI. A journey to a place of great religious significance by an individual or by a group of people (ex.: Mecca for the Muslims).J. when precipitation falls on soil, some of the water is drawn downward
through pores in the soil and rock under force of gravity Below the surface it reaches a
level where it can go no further then it joins water already saturated the rock completely. K. Pronounced kee. A low-lying small island usually composed of coral and sand. Often part
of an island chain such as the Florida Keys or the Bahamas archipelago.
L. tropical rainforestM. the widening mouth of a river as it reaches the sea. An estuary forms when theN. New name for the western Pacific Rim where a significant regional realignment is
now taking place. Includes rapidly-developing countries and parts of countries and parts if
countries lining the Pacific from Japan's Hokkaido in the north to New Zealand O. the root of the word oriental is from the Latin for rise. Thus it has to do with the direction in which one sees the sun rise the east: oriental therefore means eastern (Asians)@P. The strict social segregation of people-specifically in India's Hindu society -on
the basis of ancestry and occupation.
Q. A seismic (earthquake-generated) sea wave that can attain gigantic proportions arid
cause coastal devastation.R. It may also encompass a densely populated corridor along a major river where riverS. literally, "country behind," a term that applies to a surrounding area served by an
urban center. That center is the focus of goods and services, produced for its hinterland and is its
dominant urban influence as well. In the case of a port City, the T. From the Sanskrit Arya(noble)a named applied to an ancient people who spoke an Indo-European language and who moved into Northern India from the Northwest. Although a language -related term, Aryan has assumed additional meanings, especially racial ones. |
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