Basic geography OP Flashcards
Oasis
Place in the desert where water can be found
Oligarchy
Government in which a small group of people rule
One-child policy
China’s family planning policy; under this law, many married couples are only allowed to have one child
Oni
Yoruba religious leader
Opportunity cost
Cost of what you have to give up when making a choice
Orbit
Path one object makes as it circles around another
Outback
A sparsely inhabited region of Australia with low plateaus and plains
Outsourcing
Sending tasks to be done by workers outside a company
Overgrazing
So much grazing that plants are killed
Ozone layer
Layer of the atmosphere that filters out most of the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays
Pacific island countries trade agreement (PICTA)
Agreement intended to form a free-trade area among the nations
Pacific islands Forum
Intergovernmental organizations that aims to increase cooperation between and represent the interests of Pacific countries
Pack ice
Seasonal ice that floats on water rather than being attached to land
Pan Africanism
Political and social movement that sought to unite black Africans across the globe
Pan Arabism
Idea that all Arabic-speaking countries should cooperate and join together
Parliament
British legislature
Parliamentary democracy
A democracy in which Parliament chooses the government
Parliamentary system
System of government in which voters elect
representatives to the legislature, which then selects the Prime Minister
Partition
Splitting a country into two states
Patricians
Wealthy aristocrats in ancient Rome
Pax Romana
Period of stability in the Roman empire under Augustus
Peninsula
Area of land almost completely surrounded by water but connected to a mainland
Period
Length of time singled out because of a specific event or development that happened during that time
Permafrost
Permanently frozen soil
Perspective
A technique that allows artists to display a three-dimensional space on a flat surface
