Chapter 2 Key Term Quiz

A Global Context
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The ability to meet the needs of the present without destroying the needs of the future.

A change in climate that takes different forms across the globe.

A term describing how material becomes a resource when it is valued and traded, has a price equivalent, and it enters the arena of things bought and sold.

A measure of the number of individuals below 14 and over 65 when compared to the total working aged population.

A logarithmic scale that measure seismic disturbances from 1 to 10.

Storms that develop over warm seas and ocean and then move across the surface of the globe that can generate high winds, tidal surges and heavy rain.

The growing interdependence across national boundaries of economic flows and transactions.

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.

Name given to informal settlements in Lima, Peru.

The period around 1800, centered in Britain, in which manufacturers rapidly discovered and implemented new ways of creating products.

The transmission of cultural ideas and practices around the world.

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