Chapter 2 Key Term Quiz

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

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

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

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

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

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

The zone between protected wild land and land being developed.

A logarithmic scale that measure seismic disturbances from 1 to 10.

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).

Generally refers to any sustained period of cooler weather, but more specifically often used to the period from 2.5 million to 10,000 years ago when permanent ice sheets were created and the weather cooled dramatically.

Adapting to the challenges of climate change.

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