Chapter 1 Key Term Quiz

A World of Difference
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A term used to describe countries that are considered to be rich, affluent and have growing economies.

The economic and political alliance of most European countries.

A global change in mortality and fertility that occurred around 1800, but also refers to the four phases of transition.

A term used to describe countries that are poor with high population growth and numerous economic and societal problems.

A form of hostility between countries that is marked by threat, military posturing, and other acts short of actual warfare. Also a name given to the USA- USSR conflict between 1945 and 1989.

A term popularly used during or before the Cold War, for describing communist countries.

An acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and (sometimes) South Africa that are grouped together due to the fact that they are all large countries with developing economies.

A political belief system in which a socialist economic system is implemented to allow the state to maintain control over the means of production and to provide for the people according to their perceived needs.

Early maps first described in the 8th century and printed in the 15th, which depict a view from the northern hemisphere of the world as circular and surrounded by an ocean.

A separate and distinct unit of political authority.

A measurement of the number of deaths of children under one year of age.

A term replacing the previously used 'developed' designation for countries, named because of the location of most developed countries, which sits above the 30 degrees North latitude line.

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