Chapter 2 Key Term Quiz

A Global Context
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A phenomenon in which areas that typically received greater amounts of precipitation become drier and take on characteristics more prevalent in desert climates.

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

The zone between protected wild land and land being developed.

When water is too warm coral will eject the algae in their tissues making them turn white. It is a sign of stress and an indicator of poor health and even the death of the coral.

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

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

The economic and political alliance of most European countries.

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

A gas produced from the burning of carbon. The increasing amount in the atmosphere is responsible for climate change.

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

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).

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