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World Geography

Subject : geography
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1. Also called cultural geography; the study of human activities and their relationship to the cultural and physical environments






2. A localized & violently destructive windstorm occurring over land & and characterized by a long & funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris






3. A large and densely populated urban area






4. The total number of deaths in a year among infants under one year old for every 1000 live births in a society






5. Dry area found on the leeward side of a mountain range






6. Use: the act of using






7. Communications over a distance by cable & telegraph & telephone & or broadcasting






8. A business that employs workers in their homes






9. An economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and operated for it






10. A free trade agreement between the United States & Costa Rica & El Salvador & Guatemala & Honduras & Nicaragua & and later the Dominican Republic in 2004






11. Public policy can be generally defined as the course of action (or inaction) taken by the state with regard to a particular issue; laws






12. Factors that induce people to move to a new location






13. Nearness in space & time & or relationship






14. An area of land surrounded by water






15. The growing similarity between national cultures & including the beliefs & values & aspirations & and the preferences of consumers






16. Process by which a body of water becomes too rich in dissolved nutrients & leading to plant growth that depletes oxygen






17. An international organization of countries set up in 1945 in succession to the League of Nations & to promote international peace






18. Transition from an agricultural society to one based on industry






19. A monotheistic religion founded in Punjab in the 15gh century by Guru Nanak






20. A disease circulating mainly among small rodents and their fleas. Without treatment & the plague kills about 2/3 infected humans within 4 days






21. Facing away from the direction from which the wind is blowing






22. Love for or devotion to one's country






23. Factors that induce people to move to a new location






24. The total number of deaths in a year among infants under one year old for every 1000 live births in a society






25. The meridian designated as 0 longitude






26. An overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land






27. Factors that induce people to leave residences






28. Graphic representation of the surface features of a place or region on a map & indicating their relative positions and elevations






29. One who flees his or her home for safety






30. In Asia & seasonal winds that brings warm & moist air from the oceans in summer and cold & dry air from inland in winter






31. The theory that the continents were once joined and then slowly drifted apart






32. Political philosophy in which the government owns the means of production






33. A bar graph representing the distribution of population by age and sex






34. The pattern of population in a country & a continent & or the world






35. Obtain (goods or services) from an outside supplier & esp. in place of an internal source






36. Wearing away of the earth's surface by wind & flowing water & or glaciers






37. An autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by an individual






38. When one country needs a resource or luxury item & and another country ahs it & the countries may establish a trading network






39. The force of bringing group members closer together






40. The demarcation line that separates countries from each other or states or provinces within each country






41. Facing away from the direction from which the wind is blowing






42. The degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community






43. Thick middle layer of the earth's interior structure & consisting of dense & hot rock






44. Powered by a steam engine






45. A war between organized groups within the same nation-state & or republic






46. Society based on equality in which workers would control industrial production






47. The ownership and management of companies & factories & etc...for the activity of providing goods and services for financial gain






48. When one country needs a resource or luxury item & and another country ahs it & the countries may establish a trading network






49. The part of the Earth where life exists






50. The freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for proift with minimal government regulation







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