Geography Unit 2

Question 1

Coup De Ta

Answer 1

The sudden overthrow of a government by a usually small group of people

Question 2

Cultural Diffusion

Answer 2

spread of cultural items

Question 3

Demographics

Answer 3

statistical data relating to the population and certain groups within it

Question 4

Acculturation

Answer 4

when one group of people adopt the culture traits of another culture

Question 5

Capitalism

Answer 5

economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

Question 6

Immigration

Answer 6

moving from place to place and becoming a naturalized citizen

Question 7

Nationalism

Answer 7

term that is generally used to describe either the attachment of a person to a particular nation, or a political action by such a group to achieve statehood

Question 8

Laissez-Faire

Answer 8

a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering.

Question 9

Karl Marx

Answer 9

a philosopher and economist famous for his ideas about capitalism and communism.

Question 10

Emigration

Answer 10

the act of leaving one’s own country to settle permanently in another

Question 11

Communism

Answer 11

All property is publicly owned. everyone works and everyone is payed based on their abilities and needs.

Question 12

Literacy rate

Answer 12

The percentage of a country’s people who can read and write.

Question 13

Democracy

Answer 13

a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

Question 14

Innovation

Answer 14

the action or process of innovating.

Question 15

Population Density

Answer 15

a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume

Question 16

Mixed Economy

Answer 16

an economic system combining private and public enterprise.

Question 17

Communist Manifesto

Answer 17

an 1848 political pamphlet by German philosophers

Question 18

Urbanization

Answer 18

The state of being or becoming a community with urban characteristics.

Question 19

Suburban Zone

Answer 19

The suburban zone is the site of suburbs, satellite cities, certain industrial enterprises, airports, railroad stations, and ports, as well as the city’s system of water supply, antipollution installations, warehouses, and trading depots.

Question 20

Sunbelt Region

Answer 20

a region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the Southeast and Southwest.

Question 21

Developing Nation

Answer 21

A nation where the average income is much lower than in industrial nations, where the economy relies on a few export crops, and where farming is conducted by primitive methods.

Question 22

Interstate Highway System

Answer 22

a network of controlled-access highways that forms a part of the National Highway System

Question 23

Demographer

Answer 23

Demographers study subjects such as the geographical distribution of people, birth and death rates, etc. in order to identify the influences on population development

Question 24

Administration

Answer 24

the process or activity of running a business, organization, etc.

Question 25

Census

Answer 25

the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population.

Question 26

classless society

Answer 26

a society in which no one is born into a social class.

Question 27

site

Answer 27

The site of a settlement is the land upon which it was built.

Question 28

Culture

Answer 28

the behaviors and belied characteristics of a particular group

Question 29

Agriculture

Answer 29

the science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock;

Question 30

of squared miles in a township

Answer 30

36

Question 31

Section of township reserved for schools

Answer 31

16

Question 32

of acres in a section of a township

Answer 32

1 acre

Question 33

gross national product

Answer 33

the total value of goods produced and services provided by a country during one year, equal to the gross domestic produc

Question 34

Land Ordinance of 1785

Answer 34

It set up a standardized system whereby settlers could purchase title to farmland in the undeveloped west.

Question 35

Mikhail Gorbachev

Answer 35

last leader of the soviet union

Question 36

Decennial Census

Answer 36

Measure of the population every ten years

Question 37

developed nation

Answer 37

a sovereign state that has a highly developed economy and advanced technological infrastructure

Question 38

perestroika

Answer 38

the policy or practice of restructuring or reforming the economic and political system.

Question 39

glastnost

Answer 39

the policy or practice of more open consultative government and wider dissemination of information, initiated by leader Mikhail Gorbachev from 1985.