Chapter 2 Key Term Quiz

A Global Context
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Name given to informal settlements in Lima, Peru.

A storm arising over warm sea water that produces heavy rainfall and punishing winds The terms 'hurricane' and 'cyclone' are also used.

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.

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

The economic and political alliance of most European countries.

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.

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.

A large sea wave resulting from a tectonic shift.

The amount of land required to support human activities.

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 change in climate that takes different forms across the globe.

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