Unit 2 Vocabulary Review

What is a large, powerful windstorm that forms over warm ocean waters?

• Divides

• Headwaters

• Sources

• Hurricanes

What is a resource that was formed in the Earth by plant and animal remains?

• Clear-cutting

• Fossil Fuels

• Megalopolis

• Gross Domestic Product

What is the Continental Divide?

• The highpoint/ridge that determines the direction rivers flow

• A smaller river or stream that feeds into a larger one

• The cultivation of seafood

• Private ownership and profit

What is a large population concentration made up of several large and small cities?

• Immigration

• Post Industrial Economy

• Megalopolis

• Tributaries

What is a tributary?

• The removal of all trees in a strand of timber.

• The value of goods and services produced within a country in a year.

• The breaking away of a certain group of people from a larger group on the basis of ethnicity, religion, or gender.

• A smaller river or stream  that feeds into a larger river

What is aquaculture?

• The cultivation of seafood.

• To change residence from a country to begin living permanently in another.

• Economy that emphasizes services and technology rather than manufacturing.

• The value of goods and services produced in a country in a given year.

What are headwaters?

• A smaller river or stream that feeds into a larger river.

• The source of a stream or river.

• Private ownership and profit

• Economy that emphasizes services and technology rather than profit

What is the value of goods and services produced within a country in a year?

• Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

• Post Industrial Economy

• Megalopolis

• Free Market Economy

What motivates people to leave their country?

• Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

• Pull Factors

• Push Factors

• Free Market Economy

What is the change of residence from a country to begin living permanently in another?

• Free Market Economy

• Separatism

• Immigration

• Divide