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World Geography
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1. Economic system in which economic decisions about production and distribution are made by some central authority
Fault
Life Expectancy
Command Economy
Traditional Economy
2. A disease circulating mainly among small rodents and their fleas. Without treatment & the plague kills about 2/3 infected humans within 4 days
Doldrums
Elevation
Greenhouse Effect
Bubonic Plague
3. Dry area found on the leeward side of a mountain range
Rain Shadow Effect
Scarcity
Free Trade Zone
Cultural Convergence
4. A periodic reversal of the pattern of ocean currents and water temperatures in the mid-Pacific region
El Nino
Globalization
Minority
Plate Tectonics
5. The use of machines & tools & and labor to produce goods for use or sale
Manufacturing
Christianity
Refugee
Longitude
6. Condition of the atmosphere in one place during a short period of time
Death Rate
Isthmus
Political Boundaries
Weather
7. 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
Population Density
European Union (EU)
Ethnic group
Theocracy
8. A group or chain of islands
Totalitarian System
Archipelago
Physical Geography
Sustainable Development
9. Political philosophy in which the government owns the means of production
Russification
Immigration
Socialism
Isthmus
10. Half of a sphere or globe & as in the earth's Northern and Southern Hemispheres
Manufacturing
Hemisphere
Demographic Indicators
Archipelago
11. Weather patterns typical for an area over a long period of time
Eutrophication
Clan
Desalinization
Climate
12. An arc drawn on a map between the North and South Poles
Grid System
Monsoon
Distribution
Meridian
13. The relation between politics and territory and compromises the art and practice of analyzing & proscribing & forecasting & and using political power over a given territory
El Nino
Geopolitical
Collective Farm
Absolute Location
14. The term scientists use to describe the activities of continental drift and magma flow which create many of Earth
Greenhouse Effect
Plate Tectonics
Socioeconomic Status
Population Density
15. The term scientists use to describe the activities of continental drift and magma flow which create many of Earth
Doldrums
Plate Tectonics
Hinduism
Aborigine
16. Of or relating to the nucleus of an atom
Gross Domestic Product
Terracing
Nuclear
Ethnic Cleansing
17. Pertaining to one's own or a particular country as apart from other countries
Domestic
Global Warming
Ecotourism
Central American Free Trade Agreement
18. Tourism based on concern for the environment
Ecotourism
Command Economy
Terracing
Political Boundaries
19. Producing just enough food for a family or a village to survive
Cultural Hearth
Subsistence Farming
Utilization
Commercial Industry
20. A form of government in which all political power is passed down to an individual
Life Expectancy
Monarchy
Field Interviews
Continental Drift
21. A country that is at a relatively early stage in the process of economic development
Innovation
Refugee
Leeward
Less Developed Country
22. Business that provides a service instead of making goods
Human Geography
Service Industries
Judaism
Scarcity
23. The numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the Prime Meridian
Lithosphere
Columbian Exchange
Longitude
Cultural Hearth
24. A large & powerful windstorm that forms over warm ocean waters
North American Free Trade Agreement
Scarcity
Hurricane
Emigration
25. The watery areas of the earth & including ocean & lakes & rivers & and other bodies of water
Equator
Voting Patterns
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Hydrosphere
26. An amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply over demand
Eutrophication
Federal System
Surplus
Phenomenon
27. (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
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Fold
Judaism
Evaporation
28. Trade among multiple countries around the world
Judaism
Region
Telecommunications
World Trade
29. When one country needs a resource or luxury item & and another country ahs it & the countries may establish a trading network
Hemisphere
Global Trade Patterns
Isthmus
Sustainable Development
30. A crack or break in the earth's crust
Leeward
GIS
Patriotism
Fault
31. An area of land surrounded by water
Island
Secondary Economic Activities
Topography
Russification
32. A ruling house or continuing family of rulers & especially in China
Flood
Hemisphere
Dynasty
Urban Centers
33. Also called cultural geography; the study of human activities and their relationship to the cultural and physical environments
Fold
Terracing
Human Geography
Central American Free Trade Agreement
34. Support (an organization or activity) financially
Culture
Earthquakes
Subsidized
Welfare
35. Government in which a single individual possesses the power and authority to rule
Autocracy
Genocide
Absolute Location
Indigenous
36. Used of organisms (especillay of different species) living together ut not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each
Voting Patterns
Minority
Symbiotic
Oral Tradition
37. One of seven large landmasses on the Earth
Continent
Region
Atmosphere
Homogenous
38. A system that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites & tracking stations & and receivers
Cultural Convergence
GPS
North American Free Trade Agreement
Mantle
39. The portion of the economy concerned with transportation & communications & and utilities
United Nations (UN)
Tertiary Economic Activities
Russification
Commercial Industry
40. A natural resource which cannot be produced & grown & generated & or used on a scale which can sustain its consumption rate
Physical Geography
Minority
Nonrenewable Resources
Urbanization
41. Thick middle layer of the earth's interior structure & consisting of dense & hot rock
Prime Meridian
Atheism
Urban Centers
Mantle
42. Gradual warming of the earth and its atmosphere that may be caused in part by pollution and an increase in the greenhouse effect
Telecommunications
Global Warming
Buddhism
Erosion
43. Identity with a group of people that share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular place as a result of being born there
Nationality
Formal Region
Cultural Convergence
Elevation
44. The height of a location above sea level
Market Economy
Elevation
Monarchy
Oligarchy
45. Taking photos of the ground from an elevated position on a plane or satellite
Pandemic
Hinduism
Aerial Photographs
World Trade
46. Indicator of level of development for each country & constructed by United Nations & combining income & literacy & education & and life expectancy
Polytheism
Free Enterprise Economic System
Human Development Index
Globalization
47. The fundamental economic problem of having seemingly unlimited human needs and wants in a world of limited resources
Emigration
International
Population Pyramid
Scarcity
48. A formal expression of preference for a candidate for office or for a proposed resolution of an issue
Voting Patterns
Biosphere
Polytheism
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
49. A monotheistic religion founded in Punjab in the 15gh century by Guru Nanak
Internet
Functional Region
Sikhism
Perceptual Region
50. Support (an organization or activity) financially
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Subsidized
Collective Farm
Columbian Exchange
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