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