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World Geography

Subject : geography
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1. In 19th Century Russia & a government program that required everyone in the empire to speak Russian and to become a Christian






2. The use of machines & tools & and labor to produce goods for use or sale






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






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






5. An economic system based on free enterprise & in which businesses are privately owned & and production and prices are determined by supply and demand






6. The use of machines & tools & and labor to produce goods for use or sale






7. The distribution of ideas & products & culture & technology & innovation & languages and so on across space to other people






8. Used of organisms (especillay of different species) living together ut not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each






9. An organization whose goal is to unite Europe so that goods & services & and workers can move freely among member countries






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






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






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






13. In 19th Century Russia & a government program that required everyone in the empire to speak Russian and to become a Christian






14. Resources that have an unlimited supply and is not depleted when used by humans






15. One of the oldest monotheistic religions; it is a religion & philosophy and way of life for the Jewish people. Belief in God as the written and oral Torah






16. A central point and the surrounding territory linked to it






17. Assimilation of Western culture; the social process of becoming familiar with or converting to the customs and practices of Western culture






18. A 'super-city' that is made up of several large and small cities such as the area between Boston and Washington D.C.






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






20. Form of government without a monarch in which people elect their officials






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






22. The portion of the economy concerned with transportation & communications & and utilities






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






24. The appreciation & acceptance or promotion of multiple cultures & applied to the demographic make-up of a specific place & usually at the organizational level






25. The portion of the economy concerned with the direct extraction of materials from Earth's surface & generally through agriculture & mining & fishing & or forestry






26. An amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply over demand






27. Surface land areas of the earth's crust & including continents and ocean basins






28. A line that forms the boundary of an ara: a perimeter - the other most part or region within a precise boundary






29. The number of deaths per year for every 1000 people






30. Japanese term used for a huge sea wave caused by an undersea earthquake






31. Nearness in space & time & or relationship






32. Under communism & a large & state-owned farm on which farmers received wages plus a share of products and profits; also called a kolkhoz






33. A periodic reversal of the pattern of ocean currents and water temperatures in the mid-Pacific region






34. A business that employs workers in their homes






35. A sociological group that does not make up a politically dominate voting majority of the total population of a given society






36. Belief in the right of each people to be an independent nation






37. The distribution of ideas & products & culture & technology & innovation & languages and so on across space to other people






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






39. The complex community of interdependent living things in a given environment






40. The number of births per year for every 1000 people






41. Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population






42. Business that provides a service instead of making goods






43. Native to a place






44. A system in which tradition and custom control all economic activity; existss in only a few parts of the world






45. 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






46. Factors that induce people to leave residences






47. Large landmass that is part of a continent but still distinct from it & such as India






48. Location in relation to other places






49. The renewal or improvement of an already existing technology






50. A 'super-city' that is made up of several large and small cities such as the area between Boston and Washington D.C.