Vocab Flashcards
Geographic information system?
GIS (computer system for capturing storing data related to positions on earth )
Global Positioning System ?
GPS (information on anywhere of the earth )
Topography ?
Arrangement of natural and artificial physical features of an area
Weathering ?
Wearing out or change the appearance of something
Erosion?
Eroded by wind,water or another natural agent
Terraced farming?
Piece of sloped plane that had been cute into a series of receding flat surface
Slash and burn farming ?
Method of growing food in which wild or forested land is clear cute and any remaining vegetation
Demography?
Study of statistics soon as birth,deaths,income or incidence of disease
Density?
Number of things in a certain area
Birth date ?
Number of births per thousand population
Mortality rate ?
Number of deaths in a given area
Infant mortality rate ?
Number of deaths amount infants under age one per thousand and live birth
Rate of increase ?
Crude death rate of population
Standard of living
Level of wealth
Doubling time ?
Number of years needed to double a population assuming a costant