World Geography Midterm Review
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 moraine | a ridge or hill of rock carried and finally deposited by a glacier |
| Gross Domestic Product | value of goods and services produced within a country in a period of time |
| Gross National Product | total value of all goods and services produced by a country over a year or some other specified period of time |
| infrastructure | consists of the basic facilities, services, and installations needed for a community to function |
| market economy | production of goods and services is determined by the demand from consumers |
| state | independent unit that occupies a specific territory and has full control of its internal and external affairs |
| democracy | citizens hold political power either directly or through elected representatives |
| monarchy | ruling family holds political power and may or may not share the power with citizen bodies |
| communism | system in which nearly all political power and means of production are held by the government |
| assimilation | when people from a minority culture assume the language, customs, and lifestyles of people from the larger, more dominant culture |
| smart growth | type of city plan that involves the efficient use and conservation of the land and other resources |
| sustainable growth | a stable growth in the economy with full employment |
| urban sprawl | poorly planned development that spreads a city's population over a wider and wider geographical area |
| pampas | a vast area of grassland and rich soil in southern central South America |
| terraced farming | ancient technique for growing crops on hillsides or mountain slopes |
| varied climate | different types of climates |
| calypso | style of music that began in Trinidad and combines musical elements from Africa, Spain, Caribbean |
| cultural hearth | place of origin of a major culture |
| United Provinces of Central America | name of Central America after the region declared independence from Mexico in 1823 |
| caudillo | military dictator of political boss |
| debt-for-nature swap | debt reducing deal wherin an organization agrees to pay off a certain amount of government debt in return for government protection of a certain portion of a rainforest |
| junta | government run by generals after a military takeover |
| land reform | process of breaking up large landholdings to attain a more balanced land distributing among farmers |
| oligarchy | government run by few people or a small group |
| Ijjselmeer | freshwater lake separated from the North Sea by a dike and bordered by a polder |
| North Atlantic Drift | current of warm water from Tropics |
| polder | land reclaimed from the sea or another body of water by diking and drainage |
| terpen | high earthern platforms used in seaworks |
| uplands | a hill or very low mountain that may contain mesas and high plateaus |
| city-state | political unit made up of a city and its surrounding lands |
| feudalism | political system prevailing in Europe from about the 9th-15th century in which a king allowed nobles the use of his land in exchange for their military service |
| satellite nation | nation dominated by another country |
| ethnic cleansing | policy of trying to eliminate an ethnic group |
| chernozem | black topsoil, one of the world's most fertile soils |
| continentality | a regions distance from the moderating influence of the sea |
| Transcaucasia | region consists of the republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia |
| Trans-Siberian Railroad | railroad that will eventually link Moscow to the Pacific port of Vladivostok; built between 1891-1903 |
| Baltic republics | Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia |
| Silk Road | 4,000 mile route between China and Mediterranean Sea |
| Caucasus | region that straddles the Caucaus Mountain |
| Chechnya | republic that remains a part of Russia |
| distance decay | concept that increases distances between places |
| Nagorno-Karabakh | mountain area of Azerbaijan |
| privatization | selling of government owned business to private citizens |
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