Chapter 2 Key Term Quiz

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

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

A model of different stages that begins with high birth and death rates, moves through increasing birth rated and declining death rates to low birth rates and long life expectancy.

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 large sea wave resulting from a tectonic shift.

The process by which improvements in transport make it quicker to cover the same distance and thus bring places closer together.

The economic and political alliance of most European countries.

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

The growing interdependence across national boundaries of economic flows and transactions.

A term describing how material becomes a resource when it is valued and traded, has a price equivalent, and it enters the arena of things bought and sold.

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

A layer of soil that remains frozen all the year round.

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