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World Geography

Subject : geography
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1. A bend in layers or rock & sometimes caused by plate movement






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






3. Weather patterns typical for an area over a long period of time






4. Level of income and education






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






6. The average number of people in a square mile or square kilometer






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






8. Migration FROM a location






9. The sector of the economy that consists intellectual activities such as government & culture & libraries & scientific research & education






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






11. When one country needs a resource or luxury item & and another country ahs it & the countries may establish a trading network






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






13. A layer of gases that surrounds the earth






14. The ownership and management of companies & factories & etc...for the activity of providing goods and services for financial gain






15. Location in relation to other places






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






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






18. Communications over a distance by cable & telegraph & telephone & or broadcasting






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






20. The value of goods and services created within a country in a year






21. A central point and the surrounding territory linked to it






22. Use: the act of using






23. A political system where the state & usually under the control of a single political person






24. The total number of deaths in a year among infants under one year old for every 1000 live births in a society






25. Factors that induce people to leave residences






26. The sector of the economy that consists intellectual activities such as government & culture & libraries & scientific research & education






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






28. Under communism & a large & state-owned farm on which farmers received wages plus a share of products and profits; also called a kolkhoz






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






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






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






32. Under communism & a large & state-owned farm on which farmers received wages plus a share of products and profits; also called a kolkhoz






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god






40. 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






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






42. 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






43. An imaginary line on the earth's surface equidistant from the North and South Pole which divides the earth into hemispheres






44. A country that is at a relatively early stage in the process of economic development






45. The distribution of ideas & products & culture & technology & innovation & languages and so on across space to other people






46. Goods produced for sale






47. The part of the Earth where life exists






48. The degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community






49. A region defined by popular feelings and images rater than by objective data






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