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World Geography

Subject : geography
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1. Assimilation of Western culture; the social process of becoming familiar with or converting to the customs and practices of Western culture






2. The number of deaths per year for every 1000 people






3. Identity with a group of people that share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular place as a result of being born there






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






5. (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






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






7. Native to a place






8. A large and densely populated urban area






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






10. A ruling house or continuing family of rulers & especially in China






11. A large & powerful windstorm that forms over warm ocean waters






12. A business that employs workers in their homes






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






14. Any system of government in which leaders rule with consent of the citizens






15. A frequent windless area near the Equator






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






17. Japanese term used for a huge sea wave caused by an undersea earthquake






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






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






20. Tribal community or large group of people related to one another






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






22. An organization whose goal is to unite Europe so that goods & services & and workers can move freely among member countries






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






24. An overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land






25. 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






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






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






28. One of the oldest monotheistic religions; it is a religion & philosophy and way of life for the Jewish people. Belief in God as the written and oral Torah






29. Outlying communities around a city






30. A periodic reversal of the pattern of ocean currents and water temperatures in the mid-Pacific region






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






32. Support (an organization or activity) financially






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






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






35. The use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims






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






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






38. Native to a place






39. The term scientists use to describe the activities of continental drift and magma flow which create many of Earth






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






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






42. Narrow stretch of land connecting 2 larger land areas






43. The percentage of people in a given place who can read and write






44. The study of Earth's physical features






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






46. Graphic representation of the surface features of a place or region on a map & indicating their relative positions and elevations






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






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






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






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