Chapter 2 Key Term Quiz

A Global Context
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An economic trade agreement signed in 2016 by twelve countries along the Pacific Rim

A measure of the number of individuals below 14 and over 65 when compared to the total working aged population.

A logarithmic scale that measure seismic disturbances from 1 to 10.

The global exchange of plants and animals unique to either the Old World or the New World.

A rapid increase in the number of people between the ages of 15 and 24.

An indicator used to describe and measure the number of distinct plant and animal species in a given geographical area.

The economic and political alliance of most European countries.

A seasonal wind in South East Asia that blows from land to sea in October to May (dry monsoon ) and from sea to land on May to September bringing rain (wet monsoon).

A scientific organization established by the United Nations to provide objective information on climate change and its possible impacts

Storms that develop over warm seas and ocean and then move across the surface of the globe that can generate high winds, tidal surges and heavy rain.

Occurs when birth rates fall to a point that requires less investment in the very young, but before more investment is required on the elderly, and results in the relative and absolute increase of younger, more productive workers.

A change in climate that takes different forms across the globe.

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