world geo

Question 1

Evaporation

Answer 1

liquid to gas

Question 2

Ecosystem

Answer 2

a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

Question 3

Erosion

Answer 3

he process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.

Question 4

Headwaters

Answer 4

a tributary stream of a river close to or forming part of its source.

Question 5

Crop Rotation

Answer 5

the action or system of rotating crops.

Question 6

Dialect

Answer 6

their geographic distribution, as well as how their distribution may be affected by geography, e.g., the spread of a particular dialect being halted at a mountain range, forest belt, body of water, etc. See

Question 7

Boundary

Answer 7

a line that marks the limits of an area; a dividing line.

Question 8

Polytheism

Answer 8

he belief in or worship of more than one god.

Question 9

Birthrate

Answer 9

the number of live births per thousand of population per year.

Question 10

Quota

Answer 10

limited quantity of a particular product

Question 11

Nationalism

Answer 11

advocacy of or support for the political independence of a particular nation or people.

Question 12

migration

Answer 12

movement from one part of something to another.

Question 13

Leaching

Answer 13

downward moevment of hums and minerals in soil

Question 14

tarrifs

Answer 14

a tax on imports or exports between sovereign states.

Question 15

market economy

Answer 15

an economic system in which economic decisions and the pricing of goods

Question 16

Monotheism

Answer 16

the doctrine or belief that there is only one God.

Question 17

deathrate

Answer 17

the ratio of deaths

Question 18

cultural boundary

Answer 18

a boundary line that runs along differences in ethnicity, such as language and religion.

Question 19

Condensation

Answer 19

the conversion of a vapor or gas to a liquid.

Question 20

Magma

Answer 20

hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth’s crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling.
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Question 21

Glacier

Answer 21

slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.

Question 22

Tributaries

Answer 22

a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake.

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Question 23

Deforestation

Answer 23

clearance, clearcutting or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees f

Question 24

urbanization

Answer 24

he process of making an area more urban.

Question 25

Abyssal Plain

Answer 25

s an underwater plain on the deep ocean floor, usually found at depth

Question 26

command economy

Answer 26

an economy in which production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by a government.

Question 27

mosque

Answer 27

a Muslim place of worship

Question 28

refugees

Answer 28

a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.

Question 29

globalization

Answer 29

the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.

Question 30

acculturation

Answer 30

assimilation to a different culture, typically the dominant one.

Question 31

Plateau

Answer 31

n area of relatively level high ground.

Question 32

humus

Answer 32

the organic component of soil, formed by the decomposition of leaves and other plant material by soil microorganisms.

Question 33

Reforestation

Answer 33

he process of replanting an area with trees.

Question 34

population density

Answer 34

s the number of people per unit of area, usually quoted per square

Question 35

Weathering

Answer 35

wear away or change the appearance or texture of (something) by long exposure to the air.

Question 36

Sediment

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matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid

Question 37

Desalinization

Answer 37

he removal of salt or other chemicals from something, such as seawater or soil

Question 38

Contour Plowing

Answer 38

plowing along the contours of the land in order to minimize soil erosion.

Question 39

Aquifers

Answer 39

a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater.

Question 40

natural

Answer 40

existing in or caused by nature; not made or caused by humankind.

Question 41

literacy rate

Answer 41

is the total percent of population who can read and write.

Question 42

Fault

Answer 42

(of a rock formation) be broken by a fault or faults.

Question 43

culture

Answer 43

the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.

Question 44

capitalism communism

Answer 44

system in which the trade and industry of the economy is owned and controlled by private individuals, to make profit.