Chapter 2 Key Term Quiz

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

The amount of land required to support human activities.

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

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

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 rapid increase in the number of people between the ages of 15 and 24.

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

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 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).

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

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

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