Chapter 2 Key Term Quiz

A Global Context
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The transmission of cultural ideas and practices around the world.

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

The amount of land required to support human activities.

The economic and political alliance of most European countries.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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