Geography Vocabulary

Question 1

What is the definition of

absolute location

Question 2

What is the definition of

agriculture

Answer 2

The production of crops, livestock, or poultry.

Question 3

What is the definition of

annex

Question 4

What is the definition of

arable

Question 5

What is the definition of

assimilate

Answer 5

To conform or adjust to the customs, attitudes, etc., of a group, nation, or the like.

Question 6

What is the definition of

cartography

Answer 6

The art, technique, or practice of compiling or drawing maps or charts.

Question 7

What is the definition of

cede

Answer 7

To transfer, make over, or surrender something, especially territory.

Question 8

What is the definition of

census

Question 9

What is the definition of

commercial farming

Question 10

What is the definition of

cultural convergence

Question 11

What is the definition of

cultural diffusion

Answer 11

A place in which important ideas begin and thereafter spread to surrounding cultures.

Question 12

What is the definition of

cultural divergence

Question 13

What is the definition of

culture

Question 14

What is the definition of

culture hearth

Question 15

What is the definition of

currency

Question 16

What is the definition of

deforestation

Question 17

What is the definition of

demography

Question 18

What is the definition of

desertification

Question 19

What is the definition of

diversity

Answer 19

The state or quality of being different or varied.

Question 20

What is the definition of

domestic

Question 21

What is the definition of

embargo

Question 22

What is the definition of

emigrate

Question 23

What is the definition of

erosion

Question 24

What is the definition of

ethnic group

Answer 24

A certain group’s particular way of life. Including race, ethnicity, values, languages, religions, and clothing styles.

Question 25

# What is the definition of export

Question 26

# What is the definition of foreign

Question 27

# What is the definition of globalization

Answer 27

The process of increased interconnectedness among countries most notably in the areas of economics, politics, and culture.

Question 28

# What is the definition of immigrate

Answer 28

The movement of non-native people into a country in order to settle there.

Question 29

# What is the definition of import

Question 30

# What is the definition of industry

Question 31

# What is the definition of interdependence

Question 32

# What is the definition of longitude

Answer 32

A measurement, in degrees, of a place's distance east or west of the prime meridian, which runs through Greenwich, England.

Question 33

# What is the definition of nationality

Question 34

# What is the definition of orientation

Question 35

# What is the definition of per capita

Answer 35

By or for each individual person.

Question 36

# What is the definition of population density

Answer 36

The number of inhabitants, dwellings, or the like, per unit area.

Question 37

# What is the definition of population distribution

Question 38

# What is the definition of refugee

Answer 38

A person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, war, etc.

Question 39

# What is the definition of region

Answer 39

A place with some sort of characteristic that unifies the area and makes it unique to surround places.

Question 40

# What is the definition of relative location

Question 41

# What is the definition of religion

Question 42

# What is the definition of renewable

Answer 42

Energy which comes from natural resources that does not run out.

Question 43

# What is the definition of rural

Answer 43

Living in the country.

Question 44

# What is the definition of scale

Answer 44

The ratio between the size of something real and that of a model or representation of it.

Question 45

# What is the definition of subsistence farming

Question 46

# What is the definition of sustainability

Question 47

# What is the definition of tariff

Question 48

# What is the definition of traffic

Answer 48

To trade or deal in a specific commodity or service, often of an illegal nature.

Question 49

# What is the definition of urban

Question 50

# What is the definition of vegetation