Chapter 2 Key Term Quiz

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

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

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).

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

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

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

The global exchange of plants and animals unique to either the Old World or the New World.

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 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.

Attempts to reduce climate change

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