Chapter 2 Key Term Quiz

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

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

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.

The amount of land required to support human activities.

A large sea wave resulting from a tectonic shift.

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

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.

A model of different stages that begins with high birth and death rates, moves through increasing birth rated and declining death rates to low birth rates and long life expectancy.

A seasonal wind in South East Asia that blows from land to sea in October to May (dry monsoon ) and from sea to land on May to September bringing rain (wet monsoon).

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

Occurs when birth rates fall to a point that requires less investment in the very young, but before more investment is required on the elderly, and results in the relative and absolute increase of younger, more productive workers.

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