Unit Two Vocabulary

Match the following

• Absolute Location

• a geographic region that is well suited for permanent settlement of people

• Ecumene

• found in or living in areas that are not close to the cities

• Plural society

• the precise point where a place is located on Earth

• Rural

• where a place is located in relation to another

• Relative Location

• a society in which different cultural groups keep their own identity, beliefs, and traditions

Match the following

• Freshwater

• found or living in a city

• Food web

• all of the feeding relationships within an ecosystem

• Ecosystem

• made up of water that is fresh, not salty

• Urban

• a community of all the living things in an area and the environment in which they live

• Food Chain

• a series of plants and animals, each of which depends on the one below it for food

Match the following

• Metropolitan area

• a geographical area that includes all of the land and waterways that drain into a body of water.

• Suburb

• the small towns, farms, and open spaces that lie just beyond a city’s suburbs

• Urban core

• the older part of a big city

• Rural fringe

• a developed area at the edge of a city that is mainly homes 

• Watershed

• a major population center made up of a large city and the smaller suburbs and towns that surround it

Match the following

• Flora

• the rapid, often poorly planned spread of development from an urban area outward into rural areas

• Urban fringe

• all the animal life in a particular region

• Conservationist

• all the plant life in a particular region

• Urban sprawl

• someone who works to protect the beauty and natural resources of the environment from destruction or pollution

• Fauna

• the ring of small towns and suburbs that surround a big city

Match the following

• Topographic map

• a wealthy country with an advanced economy

• Developed country

•  the using up of goods and services

• Consumption

• a poorer country with a less advanced economy

• Gross domestic product (GDP)

• a map that uses contour lines and symbols to show a regions physical and human features

• Developing country

• the total value of all goods and services produced in a country in a year

Match the following

• Migration stream

• the constant flow of migrants from one country into another country

• Immigrate

• to move to a country

• Emigrate

• to move from a country

• Per capita

• by or for each person

Match the following

• Refugee

• something that encourages people to move into a new place

• Push Factor

• someone who seeks safety by going to another country

• Pull Factor

• something that encourages people to leave a place behind