Interim 3 prep Flashcards
What is the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area?
Colonization
people, companies or countries focusing on providing a single good or service.
Economic Specialization
What is the largest hot desert in the world and the third-largest desert overall
Sahara Desert
a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
An Ecosystem
a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few tree
Savannah
someone who is forced to leave their home to have a better life
Refugee
rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status
Human Rights
a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
Epidemic
Europe colonized what continent
Africa
Who is pioneer in linking environmental protection with human rights
Wangari Maathai
What is practices of a specific group for an extended time
Cultural Traditions
An excessive grazing which causes damage to grassland
Overgrazing
segregation on grounds other than race
Apartheid
What kind of plants remove salt and impurities from seawater to produce drinking water
Desalination Plants
all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country
Population
What is a hot climate with little seasonal variation
Equator Climate
a permanent intergovernmental organization of oil-exporting developing nations that coordinates and unifies the petroleum policies of its Member Countries.
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
thE proCess of an Organization concentrating its labor and resources on a certain type of production to be more efficient and create a comparative advantage for an economy
Economic
a thing predicted
Prediction
What is refered to areas controlled by the Palestinian National Authority,
Occupied Palestinian Territory
the average number of years of life a person who has attained a given age can expect to live
Life Expectancy
the degradation process by which a fertile land changes itself into a desert by losing its flora and fauna
Desertification
What do you call a person who is a descendant of an indigenous inhabitant of Australia
Aboriginal People
the process of becoming an acid or the act of making something become an acid
Acidification
a non-native species whose introduction does or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human, animal, or plant health
Invasive Species
Eastern Polynesian language spoken by the Maori people
Maori Language