World Geo Unit 2: Quiz 3

Front 1

moving from one place to another

Back 1

migration

Front 2

when you move, to your hometown you are a ____

Back 2

emigrant

Front 3

when you move, your new country views you as a ____

Back 3

immigrant

Front 4

what isn't a factor of population growth?

Back 4

tariff reduction

Front 5

the increase in the population of a city

Back 5

urbanization

Front 6

situation in which more people live in an area than the area can provide services for

Back 6

overurbanization

Front 7

a situation in which resources are being used up at a faster rate than they can be replaced

Back 7

unsustainable development

Front 8

an area's ability to meet its needs without reducing its ability to meet its future needs

Back 8

sustainable development

Front 9

how land is used in cities

Back 9

urban form

Front 10

the dividing of an area into smaller areas, which are usually hostile to each another

Back 10

balkanization

Front 11

the policy of segregating people by race

Back 11

apartheid

Front 12

an area of land between two or more groups where no military activity or weapons are allowed

Back 12

demilitarized zone

Front 13

control of an area by foreign governments for political and/or economic purposes

Back 13

colonization

Front 14

the adoption of one culture's customs by another cultural group

Back 14

cultural diffusion

Front 15

wherein groups of differing culture meet and interact

Back 15

cultural convergence

Front 16

a government policy that restricts access to outside cultural influences

Back 16

cultural divergence

Front 17

groups living close to one another, but keeping their unique cultures

Back 17

cultural mosaic

Front 18

What impact did the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics have?

Back 18

affected nations around the world

Front 19

the highest use of the worlds water is ______

Back 19

agricultural

Front 20

a nonrenewable source

Back 20

oil

Front 21

sustainable development is a problem best addressed at a _______ level.

Back 21

global

Front 22

power produced through the decomposition or burning of plants and/or organic waste

Back 22

biomass energy

Front 23

power produced from heat inside the earth

Back 23

geothermal energy

Front 24

energy produced through the movement of water

Back 24

hydroelectric power

Front 25

power produced by the sun

Back 25

solar energy

Front 26

movement of air

Back 26

wind

Front 27

organic waste

Back 27

biomass

Front 28

heat from the earth

Back 28

geothermal

Front 29

sun

Back 29

solar

Front 30

movement of water

Back 30

hydroelectric

Front 31

most air pollution is caused by _________

Back 31

burning nonrenewable resources

Front 32

a deadly, very contagious disease, carried by fleas on rodents

Back 32

bubonic plague

Front 33

a group of people who have recently moved to a new area and who return to their original location during the same time period

Back 33

countermigration stream

Front 34

the movement of a characteristic from one place to another over a period of time

Back 34

diffusion

Front 35

a group of people who move from one area to another area during the same time period

Back 35

migration stream

Front 36

a worldwide spread of a deadly disease, e.g., the plague

Back 36

pandemic

Front 37

What country had the most effects from bubonic plague in the 1300s?

Back 37

Europe

Front 38

What country has been most effected by AIDS?

Back 38

sub-saharan africa

Front 39

policy whereby one group of individuals of common ancestry is removed from an area by another group of individuals of common ancestry, either through death or expulsion

Back 39

ethnic cleansing

Front 40

a plan in which there is some government decision-making; businesses both privately and government-owned

Back 40

mixed economic system

Front 41

a plan in which government plays a limited role in basic economic decisions

Back 41

market economic system

Front 42

a plan in which custom determines how goods are produced and distributed

Back 42

traditional economic system

Front 43

a situation in which birth rate not sufficient to replace the existing population

Back 43

underpopulation