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World Geography

Subject : geography
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1. Outlying communities around a city






2. Used in farming to cultivate sloped land - decreases erosion and surface run-off






3. Producing just enough food for a family or a village to survive






4. A natural resource which cannot be produced & grown & generated & or used on a scale which can sustain its consumption rate






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






6. A natural resource which cannot be produced & grown & generated & or used on a scale which can sustain its consumption rate






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






8. A crack or break in the earth's crust






9. The renewal or improvement of an already existing technology






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






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






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






13. The height of a location above sea level






14. The movement of people from rural areas into cities






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






16. The movement of people into one country from another






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






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






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






20. A ban on trade






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






22. Producing just enough food for a family or a village to survive






23. Tourism based on concern for the environment






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






25. A group of people whose members identify with each other & through a common heritage & often consisting of a common language & culture & shared religion & or an ideology






26. The frequent repetition of an act; to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group of people performing the act






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






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






29. The deliberate and systematic destruction & in whole or in part & of an ethnic & racial & religious & or national group






30. The study of Earth's physical features






31. Of or relating to the nucleus of an atom






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






33. The term scientists use to describe the activities of continental drift and magma flow which create many of Earth






34. The renewal or improvement of an already existing technology






35. The way the settlement is arranged and its physical appearance of the settlement






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






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






38. Regular movement of water from ocean to air to ground and back to the ocean






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






40. 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






41. Belief in multiple Gods






42. The way the settlement is arranged and its physical appearance of the settlement






43. The movement of people from rural areas into cities






44. Half of a sphere or globe & as in the earth's Northern and Southern Hemispheres






45. The arrangement of something across Earth's surface






46. Precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids which damages buildings forests & and crops & and kills wildlife






47. Belief in multiple Gods






48. Pattern formed as the lines of latitude and longitude cross one another






49. A socioeconomic classification applied to several countries around the world whose economies have not yet reached First World status but have outpaced their developing counterparts






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