Landscapes
What is an example of hard engineering used to mitigate storms?
Sea walls, breakwaters, ect
Something negative abut where you currently live can be a _____ factor that makes you move house or country.
A Push Factor
OPEC is an example of:
Price fixing
What is a mutual fund?
A share that is made of stocks from several different companies, it helps to minimize risk.
What two parts are your identity made up of?
Statuses and Roles
Name 1 of the 3 processes that help make landforms and landscapes.
Tectonic plate movement, Erosion, Deposition
The slave trade is an example of ________ migration.
Forced migration
On a graph, these two lines intersect to show you market equilibrium (price).
Supply and demand
In exchange for a salary or wage, employees sell what?
Their time and labor
What are the 3 principles of justice?
fairness, equality, and access
Which is the fastest moving landslide?
Avalanche
What is a negative to living in an urban area?
Overcrowding, Poor health & safety
When demand decreases, which way does the line shift?
To the left
Keeping track of your pay and expenses in order to track spending and start saving is called what?
Budgeting
How is an absolute monarch different from a constitutional monarch?
Constitutional = elections are held for the legislative body, but king/emperor is hereditary. The king/emperor's power is limited by the legislative branch.
Absolute: The hereditary king/emperor has full power over executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
What is the difference between folding and faulting?
Folding = Land compresses in on itself
Faulting = 2 tectonic plates pull away from each other
When people move from place to place, within one country, it is known as ______ migration.
Internal migration
The financial market includes:
banks and other money loaning institutions
What is a graduated income tax?
The more money you earn, the higher % tax you pay on it
Name 2 ways that citizens can show dissatisfaction with the government.
Email/Calling representatives, petition, boycott, protests
What is 2 of the 4 ways that tsunamis are formed?
An earthquake, landslide, volcanic eruption, meteor
0 degrees longitude can also be called the what?
Prime Meridian
Communism is an example of a ______________ economy.
Command
What is the beta of a stock?
The measure of volatility
The President has ________ power in order to check the legislative body.
Veto