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World Geography
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1. Also called cultural geography; the study of human activities and their relationship to the cultural and physical environments
Human Geography
Island
Utilization
Earthquakes
2. A political system where the state & usually under the control of a single political person
Totalitarian System
Climate
Relative Location
Tornado
3. The state or quality of being connected or connective; the benefits of global connectivity
Subcontinent
Isthmus
Connectivity
World Trade Organization
4. Japanese term used for a huge sea wave caused by an undersea earthquake
Communism
Precipitation
Glacier
Tsunami
5. The freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for proift with minimal government regulation
Free Enterprise Economic System
Collective Farm
Cottage Industry
Steam Power
6. The result of the restriction of a culture from the outside cultural influences
Cultural Divergence
Spatial Diffusion
Bubonic Plague
Hydrosphere
7. The value of goods and services created within a country in a year
Water Cycle
Gross Domestic Product
Island
Prime Meridian
8. The average number of years an individual can be expected to live given current conditions
GPS
Tornado
Ocean Currents
Life Expectancy
9. The deliberate and systematic destruction & in whole or in part & of an ethnic & racial & religious & or national group
Genocide
Globalization
Commodity
Push Factors
10. The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator
Latitude
Hydrosphere
Immigration
Life Expectancy
11. The theory that the continents were once joined and then slowly drifted apart
Diversity
Phenomenon
Monarchy
Continental Drift
12. A central point and the surrounding territory linked to it
Command Economy
Functional Region
Socialism
Birthrate
13. Indicator of level of development for each country & constructed by United Nations & combining income & literacy & education & and life expectancy
Tarifff
Russification
Human Development Index
Lithosphere
14. The state or quality of being connected or connective; the benefits of global connectivity
Terrorism
Hurricane
Secondary Economic Activities
Connectivity
15. The portion of the economy concerned with manufacturing useful products through processing & transforming & and assembling raw materials
Secondary Economic Activities
More Developed Country
Grid System
Oral Tradition
16. The relation between politics and territory and compromises the art and practice of analyzing & proscribing & forecasting & and using political power over a given territory
Traditional Economy
Telecommunications
Unitary System
Geopolitical
17. An arc drawn on a map between the North and South Poles
Patterns of Settlement
Socioeconomic Status
North American Free Trade Agreement
Meridian
18. The 3rd largest religion with 1 billion believers & found primarily in South Asia and includes the belief in Karma & Dharma & and Reincarnation
Russification
Eutrophication
Welfare
Hinduism
19. A frequent windless area near the Equator
Dictatorship
Commercial Agriculture
Doldrums
Republic
20. A political system where the state & usually under the control of a single political person
El Nino
Birthrate
Windward
Totalitarian System
21. Narrow stretch of land connecting 2 larger land areas
Ecosystem
Deficit
Isthmus
Domestic
22. Economic system in which economic decisions about production and distribution are made by some central authority
Command Economy
Field Interviews
Commercial Industry
Traditional Economy
23. A region defined by popular feelings and images rater than by objective data
Prime Meridian
Monotheism
Perceptual Region
Commercial Industry
24. Government in which a single individual possesses the power and authority to rule
Autocracy
Sovereignty
Cultural Convergence
Terrorism
25. The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator
Latitude
Isthmus
Clan
Capitalism
26. Political philosophy in which the government owns the means of production
Socialism
Capital
European Union (EU)
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
27. The portion of the economy concerned with transportation & communications & and utilities
Doldrums
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Mantle
Tertiary Economic Activities
28. The degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community
Gross Domestic Product
Standard of living
Regulations
Ecotourism
29. Identity with a group of people that share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular place as a result of being born there
Meridian
Leeward
Judaism
Nationality
30. Form of government without a monarch in which people elect their officials
Megalopolis
Republic
Surplus
Island
31. A war between organized groups within the same nation-state & or republic
Atmosphere
Elevation
Civil War
Natural Disaster
32. The use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims
Terrorism
Manufacturing
Subcontinent
Earthquakes
33. Large landmass that is part of a continent but still distinct from it & such as India
Geopolitical
Human Development Index
Subcontinent
Demography
34. The force of bringing group members closer together
Commercial Agriculture
Symbiotic
Aborigine
Cohesiveness
35. Way of life of a group of people who share beliefs and similar customs
Culture
Utilization
Cottage Industry
Fold
36. The portion of the economy concerned with the direct extraction of materials from Earth's surface & generally through agriculture & mining & fishing & or forestry
Population Pyramid
Precipitation
Doldrums
Primary Economic Activities
37. An area's original inhabitants
Diversity
Aborigine
Life Expectancy
Columbian Exchange
38. Tourism based on concern for the environment
Patriotism
Socioeconomic Status
Ecotourism
Isthmus
39. A monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in the Bible
Plate Tectonics
Infrastructure
Christianity
Suburb
40. The frequent repetition of an act; to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group of people performing the act
Customs
Manufacturing
Symbiotic
Collective Farm
41. The result of the restriction of a culture from the outside cultural influences
Judaism
Cultural Divergence
Republic
Nationalism
42. Support (an organization or activity) financially
Topography
Subsidized
Subcontinent
Mantle
43. A region defined by a common characteristic & such as production of a product
Greenhouse Effect
Global Trade Patterns
Formal Region
Dynasty
44. A group or chain of islands
El Nino
Plate Tectonics
Cultural Hearth
Archipelago
45. Factors that induce people to leave residences
Push Factors
Commodity
Bubonic Plague
E-commerce
46. Narrow stretch of land connecting 2 larger land areas
Isthmus
Atmosphere
Greenhouse Effect
Oral Tradition
47. (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
Desalinization
Fold
Doldrums
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
48. The health & happiness & and fortunes of a person or group
Desalinization
Topography
Welfare
Sovereignty
49. A layer of gases that surrounds the earth
Hydrosphere
Symbiotic
Atmosphere
Russification
50. Process by which a body of water becomes too rich in dissolved nutrients & leading to plant growth that depletes oxygen
Command Economy
Eutrophication
Islam
Patriotism