Earth's Human Geography

Question 1

In the past 200 years the earths population has increased rapidly. How many people live on earth?

Answer 1

6 billion

Question 2

What is the death rate?

Answer 2

Number of deaths per year per 1000

Question 3

What is the birth rate?

Answer 3

the number of births per year per 1000

Question 4

A severe lack of food is called?

Answer 4

famine

Question 5

How often do people migrate to other countries?

Answer 5

every day

Question 6

what does migrate mean?

Answer 6

to leave or move

Question 7

What does Internal Migration mean?

Answer 7

to move within the same country

Question 8

What is international migration?

Answer 8

to move from country to country

Question 9

Immigrate—-

Answer 9

go into another country

Question 10

Emigrate–

Answer 10

to leave the country from where you were born

Question 11

People may migrate because of push and pull factor.What does this mean?

Answer 11

Jobs,wars, government

Question 12

Refugees-

Answer 12

people who are forced to flee to another country to escape wars, persecution or natural disasters.

Question 13

Globalization-

Answer 13

development of cultures worldwide

Question 14

Developing countries-

Answer 14

countries whos economies are not developed yet

Question 15

Developed countries

Answer 15

mix of agriculture and manufacturing, good economies

Question 16

culture-

Answer 16

way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs

Question 17

Who study cultures?

Answer 17

Geographers, Anthropologists and Archeologists

Question 18

What do Ethnic groups share?

Answer 18

same languages,history,religion and some physical traits.

Question 19

What is Dialect?

Answer 19

A local form of language

Question 20

What are the five major religions?

Answer 20

Buddhism,Christianity,Hinduism,Islam,Judaism

Question 21

Democracy-

Answer 21

power held by people

Question 22

Dictatorship-

Answer 22

leader rules by force

Question 23

Monarchy-

Answer 23

led by king or queen

Question 24

What are natural resources?

Answer 24

materials from the Earth that people use to meet their needs

Question 25

Renewable resources-

Answer 25

natural resources that cannot be used up. sun, wind,rain

Question 26

Nonrenewable resources-

Answer 26

once humans use these up, they are gone. Gold, iron,ore,coal,oil, and other fossil fuels.

Question 27

What are the four kinds of economic systems?

Answer 27

traditional,market,mixed, command

Question 28

What kind of economy does the US have?

Answer 28

Market

Question 29

What is important for all economies?

Answer 29

Trade

Question 30

Export-

Answer 30

to sell to other countries

Question 31

Import-

Answer 31

to buy from other countries

Question 32

Tariffs-

Answer 32

taxes on imported goods

Question 33

Quota

Answer 33

limit on how many goods are imported from a certain nation

Question 34

free trade

Answer 34

removal of trade limits on goods

Question 35

IN 1992 what three countries signed a free trade agreement called NAFTA?

Answer 35

US, Canada,Mexico

Question 36

Interdependence-

Answer 36

countries rely on each others goods and services.