Chapter 2 Key Term Quiz

A Global Context
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The 750-mile active zone between he Pacific and North American plates that runs from San Francisco down to southern California.

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

A large sea wave resulting from a tectonic shift.

The process by which improvements in transport make it quicker to cover the same distance and thus bring places closer together.

Name given to informal settlements in Lima, Peru.

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.

Adapting to the challenges of climate change.

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.

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.

The transmission of cultural ideas and practices around the world.

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