Unit 2

Question 1

Evaporation

Answer 1

turning liquid into vapor

Question 2

Condesation

Answer 2

the process by which water vapor changes from a gas into liquid droplets

Question 3

Magma

Answer 3

liquid rock

Question 4

Weathering

Answer 4

rocks that break and decay over time

Question 5

Erosion

Answer 5

the movement of surface material from place to place

Question 6

Glacier

Answer 6

thick masses of ice

Question 7

Plateau

Answer 7

elevated flat land

Question 8

Desalinization

Answer 8

the process of removing salt from water

Question 9

Headwaters

Answer 9

small streams from runoff of water

Question 10

Tributaries

Answer 10

a small stream/river that flows into a larger stream/river

Question 11

Humus

Answer 11

broken down plant and animal matter in soil

Question 12

Contour Plowing

Answer 12

plowing fields across a hill rather than up and down the hill

Question 13

Dialect

Answer 13

a regional variety of a language

Question 14

Leaching

Answer 14

downward movement of minerals and humuas in soils

Question 15

Population Density

Answer 15

the average number of people living in an area; usually expressed as persons per square kilometer

Question 16

Natural Boundary

Answer 16

boundaries that follow a feature of the landscape

Question 17

Abyssal Plain

Answer 17

flattest and smoothest regions (found on the ocean floor)

Question 18

Polytheism

Answer 18

the belief in many gods

Question 19

Tarrifs

Answer 19

taxes on imports and exports

Question 20

Command Economy

Answer 20

an economic system in which the government decides what to produce where to make it and what price to charge

Question 21

Literacy Rate

Answer 21

percentage of people who can read and write

Question 22

Birthrate

Answer 22

the number of live births each year for 1,000 people living in a place

Question 23

Market Economy

Answer 23

an economic system in which people choose freely what to buy and sell

Question 24

Mosque

Answer 24

Islamic houses of worship

Question 25

Fault

Answer 25

places where rock masses have been broken apart and are moving away from each other

Question 26

Quota

Answer 26

in trade matters limits on the amount of a product that can be imported

Question 27

Monotheism

Answer 27

the belief in one god

Question 28

Refugees

Answer 28

people who have been forced to leave an area

Question 29

Culture

Answer 29

all features of a peoples way of life

Question 30

Nationalism

Answer 30

a feeling of pride and loyalty for one's country

Question 31

Death rate

Answer 31

total number of deaths each year for every 1,000 people in a place

Question 32

Globalization

Answer 32

the process in which connections around the world increase and cultures become more alike

Question 33

Capitalism

Answer 33

an economic system in which businesses industries and resources are privately owned

Question 34

Migration

Answer 34

the process of moving one place to another

Question 35

Cultural Boundary

Answer 35

boundaries based on culture traits

Question 36

Acculturation

Answer 36

process in which an individual or group adopts some of the traits of another culture

Question 37

Sediment

Answer 37

particles of gravel, rocks, sand, and mud

Question 38

Urbanization

Answer 38

growth of proportion of people living in towns and cities

Question 39

Communism

Answer 39

an economic system in which the government owns or controls almost all the means of production

Question 40

Free Entreprise

Answer 40

system that lets competition among businesses determine the price of products

Question 41

Demography

Answer 41

the statistical study of human population

Question 42

Emigrants

Answer 42

people who leave their country to live somewhere else

Question 43

Culture region

Answer 43

an area in which people have many shred culture traits

Question 44

Gross National Product (GNP)

Answer 44

the total value of goods and services that a country produces yearly

Question 45

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Answer 45

the total value of goods and services created within a country

Question 46

Industrialization

Answer 46

the process by which manufactoring based on machine

Question 47

Fundamentalism

Answer 47

movement in which people believe in strictly following certain established principles or teachings

Question 48

Fold

Answer 48

places where rocks have been compressed into bends by colliding plates

Question 49

Import

Answer 49

the goods a country brings in from different nations

Question 50

Export

Answer 50

the goods a country takes out for different nations

Question 51

Comparative Advantage

Answer 51

the ability of an individual or group to carry out particular economic activity

Question 52

Protectionism

Answer 52

use of tactics that make imported goods more expensive than domestic goods

Question 53

Subsidy

Answer 53

a or other benefit given by government to help a domestic producer

Question 54

Balance Trade

Answer 54

a nations exports minus it's imports

Question 55

Trade Surplus

Answer 55

a positive trade balance

Question 56

Trade Deficit

Answer 56

a negative trade balance

Question 57

Exchange Rate

Answer 57

value of a nations currency in comparison to other nations; determined by balance trade

Question 58

Geometric Boundaries

Answer 58

boundaries that follow regular, geometric patterns

Question 59

Totalitarian Government

Answer 59

one or few people decide what is best for everyone