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World Geography

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






2. Use: the act of using






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






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






5. Way of life of a group of people who share beliefs and similar customs






6. Support (an organization or activity) financially






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






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






9. The removal of salt from seawater to make it usable for drinking and farming






10. A large and densely populated urban area






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






12. A system that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites & tracking stations & and receivers






13. The arrangement of something across Earth's surface






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






15. A form of government in which all political power is passed down to an individual






16. Business that provides a service instead of making goods






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






18. The expelling from a country or killing of rival ethnic groups






19. The health & happiness & and fortunes of a person or group






20. A system of ideas and ideals & esp. one that forms the basis of economic or political policy; the ideas and manner of thinking of a group social class & or individual






21. Wearing away of the earth's surface by wind & flowing water & or glaciers






22. A business that employs workers in their homes






23. The basic urban necessities like streets and utilities






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






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






26. An area of a country where some normal trade barriers such as tariffs and quotas are eliminated and bureaucratic requirements are lowered in hopes of attracting new business






27. 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






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






29. The state or quality of being connected or connective; the benefits of global connectivity






30. Love for or devotion to one's country






31. The renewal or improvement of an already existing technology






32. A similar climatic condition on the Earth such as communities or plants & animals & and soil organisms






33. Level of income and education






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






35. Tourism based on concern for the environment






36. The second largest religion and the belief of Allah & which is articulated in the Qur'an was brought by the Prophet Muhammad






37. (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






38. A ban on trade






39. Location in relation to other places






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






41. Pertaining to one's own or a particular country as apart from other countries






42. Narrow stretch of land connecting 2 larger land areas






43. Fieldwork that involves conducting research in the community by distributing questionnaires & taking photographs & recording observations & interviewing citizens & and collecting samples. Primary sources of information






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






45. Support (an organization or activity) financially






46. The result of the restriction of a culture from the outside cultural influences






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






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






49. A computer system that stores & organizes & analyzes & and displays geographic data






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