Chapter 2 Key Term Quiz

A Global Context
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The zone between protected wild land and land being developed.

A phenomenon in which areas that typically received greater amounts of precipitation become drier and take on characteristics more prevalent in desert climates.

The amount of land required to support human activities.

The growing interdependence across national boundaries of economic flows and transactions.

The growing political cooperation between states and their greater use of transnational organizations and global nongovernment organizations.

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

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

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

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