WGeo Exams Vocab CH. 9
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reillymccbears on December 12, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 spatial inequality | the unequal distribution of wealth or resources in a geographic area, so that some places are richer than others |
| plaza | an open square or market place |
| standard of living | the overall level of comfort and well-being of a group or a country |
| aqueduct | the pipe of channel built to transport water from one place to another |
| urbanization | the movement of people from rural to urban areas, resulting in the growth of urban areas |
| rural decline | worsening economic conditions in the countryside, including rising unemployment and growing poverty |
| communal lands | land that is held in common by a group of people |
| unemployment | joblessness |
| volcano | a break in the earth's crust where magma and other minerals eruptions from the earths interior |
| smog | a haze in the air caused by pollution, especially from exhaust from cars and other vehicles |
| air quality | the conditions of the air based on the amount of pollution in it |
| slum | an overcrowded, dirty area of a city where the housing is usually poor condition |
| tenement | a rundown apartment building |
| estates | the sizable area of a privately owned property with a large house |
| life expectancy | the average age that a person is given population can expect to live to. It varies from one country to another |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land that links two larger land masses |
| empire | a group of territories, peoples or nations ruled by a single authority |
| dictator | a leader who governs by force |
| barter | conducting trade by exchanging goods or services instead of money |
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