World of Nations
Each country has political boundaries, which is called?
borders
What is an organization of the world’s countries that promotes peace and security around the globe?
United Nations
The 2 main branches of geography
physical and human
Any place where a community is established is called?
settlement
This activity of growing crops is one of the best examples of human-enviornment interaction and it is affected by climate, vegetation, and soil conditions.
farming
What are the two main types of borders used to set political boundaries?
human borders and physical borders
What is a written plan of government that outlines its purposes, powers, and limitations called?
constitution
Water occurring in the air as invisible gas.
water vapor
A path used by traders to buy and sell goods is called?
trade route
A method that carves steps into steeps hillsides for growing crops to create flat land for growing crops is called?
terraced farming
A government that has complete authority over a geographic area is called a?
sovereign nation
What is a form of government in which the people elect leaders and rule by majority called?
democracy
landform
urban
Farming technique that cuts down trees and plants with knives and machetes. Then they burn the fallen trees to clear land for farming.
slash-and-burn agriculture
A nation’s plan for how to act toward other countries is called?
foreign policy
When the people made decisions through a process of majority rule this is called?
direct democracy
The place where 2 air masses of different temperature or moisture meet.
front
The area outside of a city that is usually a residential community is called?
suburbs
In dry regions of the United States, farmers use a technique which uses a sprinkler system in the center of a large, circular field.
center-pivot irrigation
What is used to prevent war, solve problems, and open communication between countries?
diplomacy
This type of government control all aspects of society—the government, the economy, and even people’s personal beliefs and actions.
Totalitarian government
habitat
The area outside of cities that is less populated and primarily agriculture (farming) economies is called?
rural
This process breaks up rock by injecting large amounts of water and chemicals into cracks.
fracking