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World Geography
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1. The theory that the continents were once joined and then slowly drifted apart
Continental Drift
Cohesiveness
Urban Centers
Human Geography
2. A group or chain of islands
European Union (EU)
Archipelago
Tertiary Economic Activities
Elevation
3. A layer of gases that surrounds the earth
Domestic
Service Industries
Atmosphere
Archipelago
4. Belief in one God
Ocean Currents
Hurricane
Buddhism
Monotheism
5. A union consisting of 53 African States whose objectives are to: Accelerate the political and socio-economic integration of the continent - Promote and defend African common positions on issues of interest to the continent and its peoples - Achieve p
Commodity
African Union (AU)
Weather
Columbian Exchange
6. Weather patterns typical for an area over a long period of time
Topography
Unitary System
Relative Location
Climate
7. Technological and economical growth that does not deplete the human and natural resources of a given area
Sustainable Development
Commercial Agriculture
Outsourcing
Life Expectancy
8. Surface land areas of the earth's crust & including continents and ocean basins
Geopolitical
Lithosphere
Biome
World Trade
9. A system of ideas and ideals & esp. one that forms the basis of economic or political policy; the ideas and manner of thinking of a group social class & or individual
Internet
Traditional Economy
Ideology
Suburb
10. The result of the restriction of a culture from the outside cultural influences
Cultural Divergence
Literacy Rate
Nationality
Atmosphere
11. Government in which a single individual possesses the power and authority to rule
Autocracy
Continent
Water Cycle
Primary Economic Activities
12. An extended period of months or years when a region notes a deficiency in its water supply
Drought
Embargo
Judaism
Embargo
13. The part of the Earth where life exists
Symbiotic
Capital
Urbanization
Biosphere
14. The relation between politics and territory and compromises the art and practice of analyzing & proscribing & forecasting & and using political power over a given territory
Minority
Internet
Geopolitical
Voting Patterns
15. The force of bringing group members closer together
Cohesiveness
North American Free Trade Agreement
Unitary System
Demographic Indicators
16. The way the settlement is arranged and its physical appearance of the settlement
Patterns of Settlement
Demographic Indicators
Cohesiveness
Mantle
17. The capacity of certain gases in the atmosphere to trap heat & thereby warming the earth
Glacier
Greenhouse Effect
Command Economy
Westernization
18. Factors that induce people to move to a new location
Multiculturalism
Proximity
Pull Factors
GPS
19. The portion of the economy concerned with the direct extraction of materials from Earth's surface & generally through agriculture & mining & fishing & or forestry
Primary Economic Activities
Human Development Index
Topography
Renewable Resources
20. The 3rd largest religion with 1 billion believers & found primarily in South Asia and includes the belief in Karma & Dharma & and Reincarnation
Hinduism
Population Pyramid
Multiculturalism
Topography
21. A natural resource which cannot be produced & grown & generated & or used on a scale which can sustain its consumption rate
Equator
Nonrenewable Resources
Population Density
Socioeconomic Status
22. Indicator of level of development for each country & constructed by United Nations & combining income & literacy & education & and life expectancy
Cohesiveness
Human Development Index
Multiculturalism
Columbian Exchange
23. Dry area found on the leeward side of a mountain range
Terrorism
Rain Shadow Effect
Islam
Polytheism
24. The value of goods and services created within a country in a year
Evaporation
Water Cycle
Glacier
Gross Domestic Product
25. The statistical characteristics of a population
Cultural Convergence
Biome
Sovereignty
Demographic Indicators
26. Communications over a distance by cable & telegraph & telephone & or broadcasting
Telecommunications
GPS
Genocide
E-commerce
27. The percentage of people in a given place who can read and write
Literacy Rate
Life Expectancy
Socialism
Archipelago
28. The deliberate and systematic destruction & in whole or in part & of an ethnic & racial & religious & or national group
Genocide
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Monarchy
Natural Disaster
29. A region defined by a common characteristic & such as production of a product
Homogenous
Welfare
Longitude
Formal Region
30. The effect of a natural hazard like a flood & tornado & hurricane & volcanic eruption earthquake & landslide & or tsunami which leads to financial & environmental & or human losses
Continental Drift
Natural Disaster
Nuclear
Urban Centers
31. A ruling house or continuing family of rulers & especially in China
Meridian
Commercial Agriculture
Dynasty
Topography
32. The number of deaths per year for every 1000 people
Columbian Exchange
Death Rate
Formal Region
Primary Economic Activities
33. A system in which tradition and custom control all economic activity; existss in only a few parts of the world
Death Rate
Gross Domestic Product
Traditional Economy
Scarcity
34. A crack or break in the earth's crust
Federal System
Totalitarian System
Buddhism
Fault
35. Obtain (goods or services) from an outside supplier & esp. in place of an internal source
Island
Outsourcing
North American Free Trade Agreement
Subsistence Farming
36. A sociological group that does not make up a politically dominate voting majority of the total population of a given society
Dynasty
Minority
Proximity
Socioeconomic Status
37. In Asia & seasonal winds that brings warm & moist air from the oceans in summer and cold & dry air from inland in winter
Westernization
Tornado
Periphaler
Monsoon
38. Use: the act of using
Utilization
Sikhism
Central American Free Trade Agreement
Island
39. Native to a place
Hydrosphere
Climate
Indigenous
Surplus
40. The expelling from a country or killing of rival ethnic groups
Ethnic Cleansing
Natural Disaster
Socialism
Field Interviews
41. The expelling from a country or killing of rival ethnic groups
Ethnic Cleansing
Population Pyramid
Russification
Christianity
42. A monotheistic religion founded in Punjab in the 15gh century by Guru Nanak
Sikhism
Tsunami
Pandemic
Distribution
43. The variety of human societies or cultures in a specific region or in the world as a whole
Subsistence Farming
Diversity
Atheism
Fault
44. Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population
Tertiary Economic Activities
Pandemic
Global Warming
Oral Tradition
45. The portion of the economy concerned with manufacturing useful products through processing & transforming & and assembling raw materials
Secondary Economic Activities
Infrastructure
Biome
Continent
46. Surface land areas of the earth's crust & including continents and ocean basins
Urbanization
Lithosphere
Atheism
Refugee
47. A similar climatic condition on the Earth such as communities or plants & animals & and soil organisms
Capital
Utilization
Phenomenon
Biome
48. System of government in which a small group holds power
Gross Domestic Product
Oligarchy
Monsoon
European Union (EU)
49. Any system of government in which leaders rule with consent of the citizens
Autocracy
Democracy
Archipelago
Public Policies
50. An economic system based on free enterprise & in which businesses are privately owned & and production and prices are determined by supply and demand
Island
Cohesiveness
Market Economy
Public Policies
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