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World Geography
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1. One of seven large landmasses on the Earth
Vegetation
International
Steam Power
Continent
2. Political philosophy in which the government owns the means of production
Tertiary Economic Activities
Socialism
GPS
Lithosphere
3. A computer system that stores & organizes & analyzes & and displays geographic data
Eutrophication
GIS
Fault
Diversity
4. The use of machines & tools & and labor to produce goods for use or sale
Gross Domestic Product
Christianity
Subcontinent
Manufacturing
5. 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
Secondary Economic Activities
Eutrophication
Ethnic group
Deficit
6. A ruling house or continuing family of rulers & especially in China
Dynasty
Polytheism
Vertical Climate Zones
Geopolitical
7. Condition of the atmosphere in one place during a short period of time
Weather
Subcontinent
Suburb
Telecommunications
8. Facing toward the direction from which the wind is blowing
Earthquakes
Windward
Spatial Diffusion
Water Cycle
9. The part of the Earth where life exists
Biome
Traditional Economy
Biosphere
Autocracy
10. Level of income and education
Capital
Free Enterprise Economic System
Socioeconomic Status
Rain Shadow Effect
11. Obtain (goods or services) from an outside supplier & esp. in place of an internal source
Infant Mortality Rate
Commodity
Outsourcing
Homogenous
12. Factors that induce people to move to a new location
Pull Factors
Embargo
Unitary System
Population Distribution
13. A periodic reversal of the pattern of ocean currents and water temperatures in the mid-Pacific region
Central American Free Trade Agreement
El Nino
Domestic
Autocracy
14. The portion of the economy concerned with transportation & communications & and utilities
Megalopolis
Tertiary Economic Activities
Human Development Index
Tornado
15. Trade among multiple countries around the world
World Trade
Internet
Ideology
Cultural Divergence
16. A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god
Demographic Indicators
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Theocracy
Perceptual Region
17. A place united by a specific characteristics
Globalization
Tsunami
Formal Region
Region
18. The use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims
Immigration
Terrorism
Continental Drift
Tornado
19. Self-rule
Continent
Sovereignty
Homogenous
Indigenous
20. Condition of the atmosphere in one place during a short period of time
Fold
Death Rate
Emigration
Weather
21. Dry area found on the leeward side of a mountain range
Free Trade Zone
Rain Shadow Effect
GPS
Demographic Indicators
22. Used in farming to cultivate sloped land - decreases erosion and surface run-off
Terracing
Buddhism
Global Trade Patterns
Atmosphere
23. A war between organized groups within the same nation-state & or republic
Welfare
Mantle
Civil War
Less Developed Country
24. Public policy can be generally defined as the course of action (or inaction) taken by the state with regard to a particular issue; laws
Diversity
Subsistence Farming
Desalinization
Public Policies
25. A tax on imports or exports
Tarifff
Genocide
Cottage Industry
Life Expectancy
26. A business that employs workers in their homes
Prime Meridian
Cottage Industry
Public Policies
Embargo
27. The height of a location above sea level
Vegetation
Sustainable Development
Columbian Exchange
Elevation
28. Facing toward the direction from which the wind is blowing
Topography
Glacier
Indigenous
Windward
29. Resources that have an unlimited supply and is not depleted when used by humans
Renewable Resources
Dynasty
Terrorism
Vertical Climate Zones
30. The numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the Prime Meridian
Longitude
Subcontinent
Cohesiveness
Outsourcing
31. A formal expression of preference for a candidate for office or for a proposed resolution of an issue
Columbian Exchange
Voting Patterns
Hurricane
Refugee
32. The frequent repetition of an act; to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group of people performing the act
Regulations
Customs
Refugee
GPS
33. Something or a company that involves more than one country
Commodity
International
Tertiary Economic Activities
Continent
34. An extended period of months or years when a region notes a deficiency in its water supply
Drought
Archipelago
Capital
Demography
35. (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
Physical Geography
Glacier
Monarchy
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
36. Communications over a distance by cable & telegraph & telephone & or broadcasting
Unitary System
Telecommunications
Nationality
African Union (AU)
37. Any system of government in which leaders rule with consent of the citizens
Population Pyramid
Tsunami
Meridian
Demography
38. An international body that oversees trade agreements and settles trade disputes among countries
Embargo
World Trade Organization
Grid System
Birthrate
39. Process of converting into vapor
Push Factors
Utilization
Evaporation
Terrorism
40. A system in which tradition and custom control all economic activity; existss in only a few parts of the world
Fault
Homogenous
Totalitarian System
Traditional Economy
41. (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
Subcontinent
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Nationality
Fault
42. Stories passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth
Tarifff
Island
Oral Tradition
Hydrosphere
43. An international organization of countries set up in 1945 in succession to the League of Nations & to promote international peace
United Nations (UN)
Periphaler
Monotheism
Distribution
44. Graphic representation of the surface features of a place or region on a map & indicating their relative positions and elevations
Topography
Relative Location
GPS
Multiculturalism
45. The renewal or improvement of an already existing technology
Christianity
Innovation
Human Development Index
Tsunami
46. Form of government in which powers are divided between the national government and the state or provincial government
Columbian Exchange
Federal System
Culture
Culture
47. Way of life of a group of people who share beliefs and similar customs
Voting Patterns
Indigenous
Culture
Rain Shadow Effect
48. A factor of production that is not wanted for itself & but for its ability to help in producing other goods
Physical Geography
Demography
Connectivity
Capital
49. The state or quality of being connected or connective; the benefits of global connectivity
Population Density
Connectivity
Island
Periphaler
50. An economic system based on free enterprise & in which businesses are privately owned & and production and prices are determined by supply and demand
Less Developed Country
Relative Location
GIS
Market Economy
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