Basic Geography G Flashcards
Genocide
Attempt to destroy a whole people
Geographic information system
Computer based system that stores and uses
information linked to geographic locations
Geographic perspective
On way of looking at the world using geographic tools and concepts
Geography
Study of the human and nonhuman features of Earth
Glacier
Slow-moving body ice
Government
Group of people who have the power to make and
enforce laws for a country or area
Great depression
Worldwide economic slump during the 1930s
Great Rift Valley
Long unusually flat area of land between areas of
higher ground in eastern Africa
Great Trek
During the late 1700s The migration of Boers in England from the Cape colony to escape British
Rule
Green Revolution
Increase in agricultural production created by improved technology
Griot
African musician storyteller who used music to track heritage and record history as well as entertain
Gross domestic product
Total value of all goods and services produced in a country in a year
Gross domestic product per capita
A country’s GDP divided by the number of people who live in the country
Gross national product GNP
Annual income of a countries companies and residents
Guild
Association of people Who have a common interest
