GEOGRAPHY VOCAB 3 QUIZ

Secondary economic activities

• Extracting natural resources

• Transforming raw materials into finished products (e.g., making cars)

• Selling goods in stores

• Providing healthcare services

Trade agreements

• Deals between countries to promote and regulate trade

• Verbal promises between farmers

• Laws preventing international trade

• Rules about land ownership

Urban area

• A city or large town with a dense population and developed infrastructure

• A rural farming region

• An area with no human settlement

• A small fishing village

Conflict

• A struggle or disagreement between groups over resources, power, or territory

• Cooperation between regions

• Peaceful trade negotiations

• The formation of new countries

Settlement patterns

• The arrangement and distribution of human settlements in an area

• The population of a city

• The distance between two countries

• The weather conditions of a region

Primary economic activities

• Growing crops, fishing, and mining raw materials

• Manufacturing products in factories

• Providing services such as teaching or healthcare

• Trading goods between countries

Globalization

• The process of countries becoming more connected through culture, trade, and communication

• The separation of regions from each other

• Reducing trade between countries

• Increasing the use of local products only

Human and physical systems

• The interaction between people and the environment, including natural and human-made features

• A map showing elevation differences

• The movement of tectonic plates

• The study of only human-made structures

Economic forces

• Factors that influence trade, production, and distribution of goods and services

• The physical features of a region

• The cultural traditions of a group

• The study of historical events

Economic interdependence

• When countries or regions rely on each other for goods, resources, and services

• The process of becoming self-sufficient

• Limiting trade between regions

• The rise of individual economies