Chapter 2 Key Term Quiz

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

The economic and political alliance of most European countries.

Name given to informal settlements in Lima, Peru.

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.

Adapting to the challenges of climate change.

The zone between protected wild land and land being developed.

The transmission of cultural ideas and practices around the world.

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

A term denoting the arrival of Europeans to the Americas, which resulting in vast demographic changes to indigenous populations.

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.

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

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