Unit 2

Question 1

The process of turning from liquid into a gas

Answer 1

Evaporation

Question 2

A community of plants and animals

Answer 2

Ecosystem

Question 3

Movement of surface material from one location to another by water, wind, and ice

Answer 3

Erosion

Question 4

First and smallest streams formed from the runoff of a mountain, eventually forming rivers

Answer 4

Headwaters

Question 5

The practice of planting different crops in a field in alternating years

Answer 5

Crop Rotation

Question 6

A regional variety of a language

Answer 6

Dialect

Question 7

The belief in many gods

Answer 7

Polytheism

Question 8

The number of live births each year for every 1000 people living in a place

Answer 8

Birthrate

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Quota

Question 10

A feeling of pride and loyalty for one’s country or culture group

Answer 10

Nationalism

Question 11

The process of moving from one place to live to another

Answer 11

Migration

Question 12

Downward movement of minerals and humus in soils

Answer 12

Leaching

Question 13

The process by which water vapor changes from gas into a liquid

Answer 13

Condensation

Question 14

Liquid rock within Earth

Answer 14

Magma

Question 15

Thick masses of ice

Answer 15

Glacier

Question 16

Any smaller stream or river that flow into a larger stream or river

Answer 16

Tributaries

Question 17

Destruction or loss of forests

Answer 17

Deforestation

Question 18

Taxes on imports and exports

Answer 18

Tariffs

Question 19

An economic system in which people choose freely what to buy or sell

Answer 19

Market Economy

Question 20

The belief in many gods

Answer 20

Monotheism

Question 21

Total number of deaths each year for every 1000 people in a place

Answer 21

Death Rate

Question 22

Boundaries that are based on culture traits

Answer 22

Cultural Boundary

Question 23

Growth in the proportion of people living in towns and cities

Answer 23

Urbanization

Question 24

The world’s flattest and smoothest regions

Answer 24

Abyssal Plain

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Command Economy

Question 26

Islamic houses of worship

Answer 26

Mosque

Question 27

People who have been forced to leave an area

Answer 27

Refugees

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Globalization

Question 29

Assimilation to a different culture, typically the dominant one.

Answer 29

Acculturation

Question 30

the breaking away of rocks and minerals

Answer 30

Weathering

Question 31

An economic system in which business, industries and resources are privately traveling together

Answer 31

Capitalism

Question 32

All the of people's way of life

Answer 32

Culture

Question 33

Percentage of people who can read and write

Answer 33

Literacy Rate

Question 34

The replanting of trees in an area

Answer 34

Reforestation

Question 35

The removal of salt from the water

Answer 35

Desalinization

Question 36

The goods a country brings in from different nations

Answer 36

Import

Question 37

The goods a country sells or trades with another nation

Answer 37

Export

Question 38

The ability to produce something are a lower opportunity cost than another can.

Answer 38

Comparative Advantage

Question 39

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

Answer 39

Protectionism

Question 40

Tax on imports. The goal is to make the price of imported goods higher than those produced at home

Answer 40

Tariffs

Question 41

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

Answer 41

Subsidy

Question 42

A nation's exports minus its imports

Answer 42

Balance of Trade

Question 43

A positive trade balance

Answer 43

Trade Surplus

Question 44

A negative trade balance

Answer 44

Trade Deficit

Question 45

Value of a nation's currency in comparison to other nation's currency

Answer 45

Exchange Rate