world geography vocabulary

5 Written Questions

1. land that can be used to grow crops
2. a country in which the society is less modern and less industrialized and in which inhabitants are generally poorer than they are in developed countries
3. power produced by the splitting of atoms
4. explains how fast a given population grows
5. basic freedoms and rights that all people should enjoy

5 Matching Questions

1. exports
2. communism
3. market economy
4. reforestation
5. literacy rate

1. a goods produced domestically and sold abroad
2. b an economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices
3. c a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership
4. d percentage of people who can read and write
5. e the restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. A King or Queen is the official head of state but power is limited by a constitution. (aka parlimentary monocarchy)
   1. natural resources
   2. solar energy
   3. desertification
   4. constitutional monarchy
2. a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
   1. urban
   2. exports
   3. rural
   4. republic
3. Gross Domestic Product- the total market value of all final goods and services produced annually in an economy
   1. urban
   2. GDP
   3. rural
   4. exports
4. the right to express oneself, with words or actions (verbally or symbolically). This freedom is guaranteed in the First Amendment to the US Constitution; although the Supreme Court has ruled that this freedom is not absolute: it should not be applied when it endangers or harms the lives, liberty or property of others.
   1. fossil fuels
   2. democracy
   3. freedom of speech
   4. balance of trade
5. coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals.
   1. fossil fuels
   2. solar energy
   3. arable land
   4. communism

5 True/False Questions

1. stable democracy → a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

   True        False

2. deforestation → the restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting

   True        False

3. theocracy → a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

   True        False

4. balance of trade → land that can be used to grow crops

   True        False

5. rural → living in or characteristic of farming or country life

   True        False