Chapter 2 Key Term Quiz

A Global Context

The global exchange of plants and animals unique to either the Old World or the New World.

The process by which improvements in transport make it quicker to cover the same distance and thus bring places closer together.

Name given to informal settlements in Lima, Peru.

A layer of soil that remains frozen all the year round.

The transmission of cultural ideas and practices around the world.

The zone between protected wild land and land being developed.

A storm arising over warm sea water that produces heavy rainfall and punishing winds The terms 'hurricane' and 'cyclone' are also used.

Adapting to the challenges of climate change.

An indicator used to describe and measure the number of distinct plant and animal species in a given geographical area.

The growing political cooperation between states and their greater use of transnational organizations and global nongovernment organizations.

The 750-mile active zone between he Pacific and North American plates that runs from San Francisco down to southern California.

A scientific organization established by the United Nations to provide objective information on climate change and its possible impacts

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