Chapter 1 Key Term Quiz

A World of Difference
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A separate and distinct unit of political authority.

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

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.

The line of longitude designated as the zero degree line.

The movement of manufacturing industries from the developed to the developed world.

The economic and political alliance of most European countries.

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.

Refers to the indigenous peoples deemed 'marginalized' and 'dispossessed.'

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

A term replacing the previously used 'developing' designation for countries, referring to the dominance of such countries below the 30 North latitude line.

A military alliance formed in 1949 between Canada, the USA and European countries as a bulwark against the Soviet Union.

A term for the unplanned, often illegal, informal housing in cities that arise due to the inability of formal markets and public authorities to provide enough affordable and accessible housing. Slums are also referred to as "shantytowns," "informal housing," and "squatter housing."

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