chapter 70-87

Question 1

the salt in ocean water can be removed

Answer 1

desalinization

Question 2

the movement of water through the hydrosphere

Answer 2

hydrologic cycle

Question 3

the first and smallest streams from the runoff

Answer 3

headwaters

Question 4

smaller stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river

Answer 4

tributary

Question 5

region drained by a river and its tributaries

Answer 5

watershed

Question 6

region drained by a river and its tributaries

Answer 6

drainage basin

Question 7

forms where a river meets an inlet or small arm of the sea

Answer 7

estuaries

Question 8

any landscape that is covered with water for at least part of the year

Answer 8

wetlands

Question 9

water found below the ground

Answer 9

ground water

Question 10

the level at which all the spaces are filled with water

Answer 10

water table

Question 11

near the surface bacteria insects and worms break down the plant and animal material into a mixture

Answer 11

humus

Question 12

the downward movement of minerals and humus in the soil

Answer 12

leaching

Question 13

control erosion by plowing less

Answer 13

contour plowing

Question 14

soil becomes useless for using

Answer 14

soil exhaustion

Question 15

planting different crops in alternating years

Answer 15

crop rotation

Question 16

water that is artificially supplied to the land

Answer 16

irrigation

Question 17

salt build up in the soil

Answer 17

soil salinization

Question 18

the destruction or loss of forests

Answer 18

deforestation

Question 19

replanting the trees

Answer 19

reforestation

Question 20

can damage trees and kill fish

Answer 20

acid rain

Question 21

artificial channels for transporting water

Answer 21

aqueducts

Question 22

rock layers where groundwater is plentiful

Answer 22

aquifers

Question 23

desert areas deposited long ago when the climate was wetter

Answer 23

fossil water

Question 24

the minera bearing rock

Answer 24

ore

Question 25

formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals

Answer 25

fossil fuels

Question 26

the raw materials for many explosives

Answer 26

petrochemicals

Question 27

electricity produced by moving water

Answer 27

hydroeletric power

Question 28

can also be used to generate energy

Answer 28

geothermal energy

Question 29

the statistical study of human populations

Answer 29

demography

Question 30

the average number of people living in an area

Answer 30

population density

Question 31

the number of births each year

Answer 31

birthrate

Question 32

the number of deaths each year

Answer 32

death rate

Question 33

is the process of moving from one place to live in another

Answer 33

migration

Question 34

people who leave a country to live somewhere esle

Answer 34

emigrants

Question 35

people who come to a new country to live

Answer 35

immigrants

Question 36

all the features of a persons way of life

Answer 36

culture

Question 37

activities and behaviors that people often take part in

Answer 37

culture traits

Question 38

an area in which people have many shared culture traits

Answer 38

culture region

Question 39

is a human population that shares a common culture or ancestry

Answer 39

ethnic groups

Question 40

individual or group adopts some of the traits of another culture

Answer 40

acculturation

Question 41

new ideas that a culture accepts

Answer 41

innovation

Question 42

when an idea or innovation spreads

Answer 42

diffusion

Question 43

connections around the world increase and cultures become more alike

Answer 43

globalization

Question 44

following longtime practices and opposing many modern technologies and ideas

Answer 44

traditionalism

Question 45

reaction to the spread of modern culture

Answer 45

fundamentalism

Question 46

a regional variety of a language

Answer 46

dialect

Question 47

a language of trade and communiation

Answer 47

lingua franca

Question 48

focus on one ethnic group and generally have not spread into other cultures

Answer 48

ethnic religions

Question 49

people believe in the presence of the spirits and forces of nature

Answer 49

animist religions

Question 50

belief in many gods

Answer 50

polytheism

Question 51

seek followers all over the world

Answer 51

universalizing religious

Question 52

the belief in one god

Answer 52

monotheism

Question 53

who help spread the religion

Answer 53

missionaries

Question 54

islamic house of worship

Answer 54

mosques

Question 55

special religious journey

Answer 55

hajj