Basic Geography C2

Question 1

Comparative advantage

Answer 1

ability of one person or country to produce a good at a lower cost than another

Question 2

compass rose

Answer 2

diagram of a compass showing direction

Question 3

competition

Answer 3

struggle among producers for consumer’s money

Question 4

Confucianism

Answer 4

a belief system based o the ideas of the Chinese thinker Confucius

Question 5

coniferous tree

Answer 5

tree that produces cones to carry seeds

Question 6

consensus

Answer 6

agreement

Question 7

constitution

Answer 7

system of basic rules and principles by which a government is organized

Question 8

constitutional monarchy

Answer 8

system of government in which the laws in the constitution limit the monarch’s or emperor’s powers

Question 9

consumer

Answer 9

person or business that buys, or consumes, products

Question 10

conventional war

Answer 10

a war that does not involve nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons

Question 11

Copts

Answer 11

minority group in Egypt that practices Christianity

Question 12

coral reef

Answer 12

a formation of rock like material made up of the skeletons of tiny marine creatures

Question 13

core

Answer 13

sphere of very hot metal at the center of the Earth

Question 14

corruption

Answer 14

use of power for personal gain

Question 15

coup

Answer 15

sudden violent overthrow of a government, often by the military

Question 16

cradle-to-grave system

Answer 16

system of basic services provided to citizens at every stage of life by Scandinavian governments

Question 17

credit

Answer 17

arrangements in which a buyer can purchase something and pay for it over time

Question 18

Crusades

Answer 18

religious wars in which Christian soldiers from Europe aimed to stop the spread of Islam and to retake control of Palestine, also called the Holy Land

Question 19

crust

Answer 19

thin layer of rocks and minerals that surrounds Earth’s mantle

Question 20

cuisint

Answer 20

style of food

Question 21

cultural borrowing

Answer 21

absorbing ideas or customs from other cultures

Question 22

cultural diffusion

Answer 22

spread of cultural traits from one culture to another

Question 23

cultural hearth

Answer 23

place where cultural traits begin and from which they spread to surrounding cultures and regions

Question 24

cultural landscape

Answer 24

geographic area that has been shaped by people

Question 25

Cultural Revolution

Answer 25

violent attempt at cultural change in China begun by Mao Zedong in the 1960’s