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World Geography

Subject : geography
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1. A religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions & beliefs & and practices based on Siddhartha Gautama known as the Buddha






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






3. An international organization of countries set up in 1945 in succession to the League of Nations & to promote international peace






4. 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






5. The demarcation line that separates countries from each other or states or provinces within each country






6. The relation between politics and territory and compromises the art and practice of analyzing & proscribing & forecasting & and using political power over a given territory






7. A free trade agreement between the United States & Costa Rica & El Salvador & Guatemala & Honduras & Nicaragua & and later the Dominican Republic in 2004






8. Something or a company that involves more than one country






9. A tax on imports or exports






10. A place united by a specific characteristics






11. The watery areas of the earth & including ocean & lakes & rivers & and other bodies of water






12. An area of land surrounded by water






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






14. Gradual warming of the earth and its atmosphere that may be caused in part by pollution and an increase in the greenhouse effect






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






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






17. An autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by an individual






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






19. One who flees his or her home for safety






20. Trade among multiple countries around the world






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






22. Government in which a single individual possesses the power and authority to rule






23. The movement of people into one country from another






24. Support (an organization or activity) financially






25. The fundamental economic problem of having seemingly unlimited human needs and wants in a world of limited resources






26. Technological and economical growth that does not deplete the human and natural resources of a given area






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






28. A frequent windless area near the Equator






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






30. All phenomena that are not artificial; happen in nature






31. The arrangement of something across Earth's surface






32. Dry area found on the leeward side of a mountain range






33. One of seven large landmasses on the Earth






34. Transition from an agricultural society to one based on industry






35. The appreciation & acceptance or promotion of multiple cultures & applied to the demographic make-up of a specific place & usually at the organizational level






36. Narrow stretch of land connecting 2 larger land areas






37. Large body of ice that moves across the surface of the earth






38. Of the same or similar kind or nature






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






40. The portion of the economy concerned with the direct extraction of materials from Earth's surface & generally through agriculture & mining & fishing & or forestry






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






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






43. A 'super-city' that is made up of several large and small cities such as the area between Boston and Washington D.C.






44. Gradual warming of the earth and its atmosphere that may be caused in part by pollution and an increase in the greenhouse effect






45. Political philosophy in which the government owns the means of production






46. Political philosophy in which the government owns the means of production






47. A business that employs workers in their homes






48. Dry area found on the leeward side of a mountain range






49. 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






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