13 Definitions

Question 1

Deforestation

Answer 1

destruction of forests by clearing or burning as a result of economic development, such as building roads or conversion to cropland, or through changes in earth’s vegetation due to global warming

Question 2

urbanization

Answer 2

growth of towns and cities, as people migrate from rural areas in search of work and other opportunities

Question 3

urban sprawl

Answer 3

expansion of low density development, where land is not utilized in the most efficient manner, as in the expansion of cities and towns

Question 4

OPEC

Answer 4

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

Question 5

EEZ

Answer 5

Exclusive Economic Zone. 320 km zone off the shore of a coastal country in which
only it alone can fish. EEZs was sanctioned by the UN in 1982.

Question 6

CITES

Answer 6

Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna