Vocabulary
A person who flees a country to escape danger
Refugee
A ____ is an agreement between two or more nations that requires the US Senates approval.
treaty
The movement of people from one country to another is called, __.
a. displacement
b. refugee
c. migration
d. move
c. migration
Adapt
to adjust
What are the two types of natural resources?
Renewable and nonrenewable resources.
To move to another country by force
Displaced
A ___ is the study of the size, growth, movement, and distribution of people.
demography
__ is an area of land defined by the kind of people who live there.
a. culture
b. cultural diffusion
c. custom
d. cultural identity
b. cultural diffusion
fertility rate
birthrate
What is sustainability?
Sustainable practices support ecological, human, and economic health and vitality. Sustainability presumes that resources are finite, and should be used conservatively and wisely with a view to long-term priorities and consequences of the ways in which resources are used.
living in a way that does not deplete resources or damage the environment
sustainability
___ is a system of ditches or canals that brings water to dry areas.
Irrigation system
__ are lines that separates states and countries.
a. borders
b. physical boundaries
c. political boundaries
d. boundaries
c. political boundaries
Mortality rate
death rate
What is a landform? Name four of the major landforms.
A landform is a natural feature of the earth's surface. Major landforms includes: mountains, hill, plain, & plateaus
straight-line borders between states or nations, not related to a physical feature of the Earth
Geometric Borders
___ is the land, water, and raw materials that occur naturally in the environment.
Natural resources
General weather conditions is also known as __.
a. climate
b. weather
c. environment
d. ecosytem
a. climate
Boundary
A border
What is the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources? Give each an example.
The difference between these two types of resources is that renewable resources can naturally replenish themselves while nonrenewable resources cannot. This means that nonrenewable resources are limited in supply and cannot be used sustainably.
the process of meeting human needs while conserving resources so those resources will be available to future generations
Sustainable development
An increase in the average temperature of the Earth is known as __.
Global warming
__ is an area of land that has a number of common elements.
a. border
b. boundary
c. environment
d. region
d. region
depelete
TO use up
What is the difference between global warming and green house effect?
The greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon and beneficial to life on Earth. However, global warming is produced as a consequence of the combustion of fossil gases expelled by industry, livestock, vehicles and other terrestrial elements, which generate an increase in global temperature.