Globalization
This is the process of the world becoming more interconnected.
What is globalization?
The world's largest terrestrial biome, characterized by coniferous trees and harsh winters.
What is the taiga (boreal forest)?
A fortified residence and pseudo-military installation that was typically inhabited by a noble family and their guards and servants
What is a castle
This part of a map explains the symbols used in it
What is the legend
A source created by an expert in a field, mainly for informing people
What is a secondary source
The removal of barriers to trade between countries, such as tariffs and quotas, is known as this.
What is free trade?
The permanent removal of forests, often to create farmland or urban areas.
What is deforestation?
This system divided medieval people into a number of social classes and was reinforced by personal relationships of obligation and responsiblity
What is feudalism
This feature of many maps indicates direction
What is a compass rose
A source containing "first-hand" information, usually written by somebody close to the events being studied
What is a primary source
A company that operates in multiple countries, with headquarters in one and branches or factories in others.
What is a transnational corporation (TNC)?
This biome receives less than 250 mm of rain per year and has extreme temperature fluctuations.
What is a desert?
What is spoiled meat
A group of academic disciplines devoted to the study of human constructs, such as culture, history, and language
What are the humanities
A person who is forced to flee their home country due to war, persecution, or natural disaster.
What is a refugee?
The sum of all living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) components interacting in a given area.
What is an ecosystem?
This is a journey for religious purposes, which was commonly undertaken by medieval people
What is a pilgrimage
This is the ratio that relates a map to the size of area in the real world it is meant to represent
what is the scale
arguments made in humanities disciplines must be supported with this, usually taken from primary or secondary sources
What is evidence
This term describes the complex mix of economic, social, cultural, and political ties that keep migrants connected to both their origin and destination countries simultaneously.
What is transnationalism?
The interconnected network of all food chains in an ecosystem sharing energy pathways.
What is a food web?
This book contains the results of a survey comissioned by William the Conqueror
What is the Domesday Book
This phrase, associated with philosopher Alfred Korzybski, is a reminder that all maps are artificial and no map fully captures all information about a place
What is "the map is not the territory"
we live in one of these
What is a society