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World Geography

Subject : geography
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1. Indicator of level of development for each country & constructed by United Nations & combining income & literacy & education & and life expectancy






2. Moisture that falls to the earth as rain & hail & sleet & or snow






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






4. Selling and buying on the internet






5. The watery areas of the earth & including ocean & lakes & rivers & and other bodies of water






6. One who flees his or her home for safety






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






8. (OPEC) a collective of countries founded in 1960 that choose to collaborate in order to manage the exportation of their crude oil to the rest of the world






9. Economic system in which economic decisions about production and distribution are made by some central authority






10. Native to a place






11. The portion of the economy concerned with manufacturing useful products through processing & transforming & and assembling raw materials






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






13. A tax on imports or exports






14. The average number of years an individual can be expected to live given current conditions






15. A large & powerful windstorm that forms over warm ocean waters






16. Support (an organization or activity) financially






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






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






19. A system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite to serve billions of users worldwide






20. Condition of the atmosphere in one place during a short period of time






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






22. The fundamental economic problem of having seemingly unlimited human needs and wants in a world of limited resources






23. The basic urban necessities like streets and utilities






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






25. Goods produced for sale






26. 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






27. Large body of ice that moves across the surface of the earth






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






29. Love for or devotion to one's country






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






31. A religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions & beliefs & and practices based on Siddhartha Gautama known as the Buddha






32. The part of the Earth where life exists






33. Narrow stretch of land connecting 2 larger land areas






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






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






36. Tribal community or large group of people related to one another






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






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






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






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






41. Something or a company that involves more than one country






42. The steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction






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






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






45. All phenomena that are not artificial; happen in nature






46. The meridian designated as 0 longitude






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






48. 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






49. An intergovernmental military alliance whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party






50. Migration FROM a location






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