WorksheetsUnit 3: Middle East & Asia
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
What does Lithosphere mean?
A solid part of the Earth.
The uppermost portion of the solid Earth including soil, land, and geologic formations.
What does Location mean?
The position of a point on Earth's surface expressed by means of a grid (absolute) or in relation (relative) to the position of other places.
The act or process of people moving from one place to another with the intent of staying at the destination permanently or for a relatively long period of time.
What does Map mean?
As aspect of a place or area that drives from the physical environment.
A graphic representations of a portion of Earth that is usually drawn to scale on a flat surface.
What does Materials mean?
Raw or processed substances that are used in manufacturing (secondary economic activities). Most substances used in factories are already manufactured to some degree and come from other factories rather than from sources of raw materials.
A course or method of operation that produces, maintains or alters Earth's physical system.
What does Megalopolis mean?
An area with distinctive human and physical characteristics; these characteristics give it meaning and character and distinguish it from other areas.
The intermingling of two or more large metropolitan areas into a continuous or almost continuous built-up urban complex; sometimes referred to as a conurbation.
What does Mental Map mean?
A geographic representation which conveys the cognitive image a person has of an area, including knowledge of features and spatial relationships as well as the individual's perceptions and attitudes regarding the place; also known as a cognitive map.
The theory that Earth's surface is composed of rigid slabs or plate (see tectonic plates). The divergence, convergence and slipping side-by-side of the different plates is responsible for present day configurations of continents, ocean basins and major mountains ranges and valley system.
What does Metropolitan Area mean?
The Federal Office of Management and Budget's designation for the functional area surrounding and including a central city; has a minimum population of 50,000; is contained in the same county as the central city; and includes adjacent counties having at least 15% of their residents working in the central city's country.
The direct or indirect process resulting from human action by which any part of the environment is made potentially or actually unhealthy, unsafe or hazardous to the welfare of the organisms which live in it.
What does Migration mean?
The number of individuals occupying an area derived from dividing the number of people by the area they occupy.
The act or process of people moving from one place to another with the intent of staying at the destination permanently or for a relatively long period of time.
What does Multinational Organization mean?
An association of nations aligned around a common economic or political cause.
Ideas that people have about the character of areas based on impressions from a variety of sources of information including other individuals and media. Mental maps can be used to access these ideas to find out what people think about particular areas.
What does Multiple Nuclei Model mean?
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries; international cartel of thirteen nations designed to promote collective pricing of petroleum, unified marketing policies and regulation of petroleum extraction.
A representation of urban structure based on the idea that the functional areas (land use) of cities develop around various points rather than just one in the Central Business District.
What does Municipality mean?
A political unit incorporated for local self-government.
Organization of American States. An international governmental organization formed by the nationstates of North America and South America for security and the protection of mutual interests.
What does NATO & USMCA mean?
The regular and consistent horizontal flow of water in the oceans, usually in response to persistent patterns of circulation in the atmosphere.
North American Free Trade Agreement. NAFTA is an accord to establish clear and mutually advantageous rules governing commerce among Canada, Mexico and the United States.
What does NATO mean?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. An international transatlantic partnership consisting of various European states, the United States and Canada, which was designed through cooperation, consultation and collective defense to maintain peace and promote stability throughout Europe.
A finite element that cannot be replaced once it is used.
What does Nation mean?
An element of the physical environment that people value and use to meet a need for fuel, food, industrial product or something else of value.
a cultural concept for a group of people bound together by a strong sense of shared values and cultural characteristics including language, religion and common history.
What does Natural Hazard mean?
An event int he physical environment, such as a hurricane or earthquake, that is destructive to human life and property.
An association of nations aligned around a common economic or political cause.
What does Natural Resource mean?
A representation of urban structure based on the idea that the functional areas (land use) of cities develop around various points rather than just one in the Central Business Direct.
An element of the physical environment that people value and use to meet a need for fuel, food, industrial product or something else of value.
What does Nonrenewable Resources mean?
A finite element that cannot be replaced once it is used.
A cultural concept for a group of people bound together by a strong sense of shared values and cultural characteristics including language, religion and common history.
What does Ocean Currents mean?
A bar graph showing the distribution by gender and age of a country's population.
The regular and consistent horizontal flow of water in the oceans, usually in response to persistent patterns of circulation in the atmosphere.
What does OAS mean?
Organization of American States. An international governmental organization formed by the nationstates of North America and South America for security and the protection of mutual interests.
Ideas that people have about the character of areas based on impressions from a variety of sources of information including other individuals and media. Mental maps can be used to access these ideas to find out what people think about particular areas.
What does OPEC mean?
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries; international cartel of thirteen nations designed to promote collective pricing of petroleum, unified marketing policies and regulations of petroleum extraction.
An event in the physical environment, such as a hurricane or earthquake, that is destructive to human life and property.
What does Perceptual Region mean?
A finite element that cannot be replaced once it is used.
Ideas that people have about the character of areas based on impressions from a variety of sources of information including other individuals and media. Mental maps can be used to access these ideas to find out what people think about particular areas.
What does Physical Feature mean?
The number of individuals occupying an area derived from dividing the number of people by the area they occupy.
An aspect of a place or area that derives from the physical environment.
What does Physical Process mean?
A course or method of operation that produces, maintains or alters Earth's physical system.
The direct or indirect process resulting from human action by which any part of the environment is made potentially or actually unhealthy, unsafe or hazardous to the welfare of the organisms which live in it.
What does Place mean?
The theory that Earth's surface is composed of rigid slabs or plates ( see tectonic plates). The divergence, convergence and slipping side-by-side of the different plates is responsible for present day configurations of continents, ocean basins and major mountain ranges and valley systems.
An area with distinctive human and physical characteristics; these characteristics give it meaning and character and distinguish it from other areas.
What does Plate Tectonics mean?
The theory that Earth's surface is composed of rigid slabs or plates ( see tectonic plates). The divergence, convergence and slipping side-by-side of the different plates is responsible for present day configurations of continents, ocean basins and major mountain ranges and valley systems.
An area with distinctive human and physical characteristics; these characteristics give it meaning and character and distinguish it from other areas.
What does Pollution mean?
A course or method of operation that produces, maintains or alters Earth's physical system.
The direct or indirect process resulting from human action by which any part of the environment is made potentially or actually unhealthy, unsafe or hazardous to the welfare of the organisms which live in it.
What does Population Density mean?
The number of individuals occupying an area derived from dividing the number of people by the area they accupy.
An aspect of a place or area that derives from the physical environment.
What does Population Pyramid mean?
An aspect of a place or area that derives from the physical environment.
A bar graph showing that distribution by gender and age of a country's population.
