WorksheetsHWG World Geography Vocabulary
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 20mins
relating to and characteristic of cities.
urban
rural
dispersed rural
clustered rural
economic activities related to providing services for sale.
settlement patterns
service industries
environment
manufacturing industries
a very large urban region consisting of several adjoining cities and suburbs.
megaopolis
sprawl
metropolis
megacities
the practice of creating social and environmental policies that protect resources for future generations.
resources
modernization
economic development
sustainable development
A factor that induces people to move out of their present location.
culture
pull factor
push factor
urbanization
originating in a particular region.
domesticated
cultivated
culture
indigenous
statistical data about human populations.
urbanization
economic development
culture
demographics
the spatial distribution of where humans inhabit the Earth.
architecture
settlement patterns
urbanization
transportation networks
the interdependent relationship between humans and the environment.
human geography
human-environmental interaction
environmental determinism
cultural landscape
manufacturing industries.
A factor that induces people to move out of their present location
economic activities related to the production of goods for sale
the interdependent relationship between humans and the environment
economic activities related to providing services for sale
process of cultures combining and becoming more alike.
economic development
cultural convergence
cultural diffusion
syncretism
a factor that induces people to move to a new location.
migration
urbanization
push factor
pull factor
enclave.
a culturally distinct territory which is isolated or surrounded by another territory
a very large urban region consisting of several adjoining cities and suburbs
A factor that induces people to move out of their present location
a factor that induces people to move to a new location.
the process of increasing human settlement in cities.
migration
deforestation
urbanization
cultural diffusion
relating to and characteristic of being in the countryside.
culture
urbanization
urban
rural
anything that can be used for the creation of wealth.
urbanization
environment
sustainable development
resources
infrastructure
a factor that induces people to move to a new location
A factor that induces people to move out of their present location
systems that facilitate communication and transportation in a community
the process of increasing connectivity between the world's societies.
globalization
the process of increasing human settlement in cities
the process of increasing connectivity between the world's societies
the natural or human destruction of forests
a process of cultures combining and becoming more alike
movement from one place to another.
Mobility
Migration
Environment
Urbanization
What is a supranational region?
the practice of creating social and environmental policies that protect resources for future generations
process in which cultural groups distinguish themselves from other culture groups
a territory that is created by the union of several nations coming together to form a group
A factor that induces people to move out of their present location
What is the term for the natural or human destruction of forests?
biodiversity
deforestation
urbanization
migration
What is the term for the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next?
indigenous
environment
ethnicity
culture
What is the term for the process by which culture is spread?
cultural divergence
urbanization
migration
cultural diffusion
Process in which cultural groups distinguish themselves from other culture groups.
multicultural
cultural diffusion
cultural divergence
urbanization
Process of creating wealth for the well-being of a region's inhabitants.
economic development
deforestation
cultural convergence
sustainable development
Inclusion of a variety of cultures.
secular
multicultural
cultural divergence
culture
Everything on and around the Earth's surface and atmosphere.
culture
migration
resources
environment
the practice of growing enough crops to provide for one's family group
subsistence agriculture
commercial agriculture
production of goods in a small-scale or home setting
the practice of growing surplus crops to sell for profit
Subsistence agriculture
the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land
the process of ending colonization of a region
Belief in one god
the removal of salt from seawater to make it usable for drinking and farming
the line that indicates the end of a territory
using violence or the threat of violence to create fear in an effort to bring about social or political changes
basic principles adopted by a group
goals
laws
codes
tenets
a set of rigid social categories that determined not only a person's occupation and economic potential, but also his or her position in society
Hiring workers in other countries to do a set of jobs
