CP Geo Final Review (Part 1)

A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.

the movement of water from Earth's surface to the atmosphere ad back again

binding agreement

A stretch of land, especially with regard to its physical features.

The angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian.

a complete ban on trade with a country

Period of Hostility during the mid/ late 1900's between the United States and the Soviet Union

A Muslim place of worship

the interconnection of producers, consumers, and financial systems around the world

exchange of goods and services in a market

average weather of a place over many years

political and economical system when government owns all property and makes economic decisions

original, Polynesian inhabitants of New Zealand and the Cook islands

first five books of the Hebrew Bible

writings that form part of the Christian Bible and tell the story of Jesus and early followers

The branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock. It is animal husbandry.

Increase in agricultural production created by improved technology

A stock of a resource from which a person or place can be provided with the necessary amount.

An artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge across a valley.

The study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity.

person or business that makes and sells goods or services

Knowledge and skills of employees

The monotheistic religion of the Jews.

A slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow.

A form of government characterized by strong central power and limited political freedoms.

A form of government in which a single person holds supreme authority in ruling a country

having to do with population change and the different groups that make up a population

The spread of the beliefs and social activities of one culture to different ethnicities.

country with a strong economy and a high quality of life

a location's rate of people able to read or write

The ratio of a distance on the map to the corresponding distance on the ground.

attempt to destroy a whole people

A money or good used to make a product or contribute to a service

Method of agriculture in which existing vegetation is cut down and burned off.

a form of government in which citizens hold political power

a process involving huge blocks of Earth's crust and upper mantle

A person of mixed Spanish and American descent, especially in the Caribbean.

A natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of organisms

Born in, belonging to, or characteristic of some place or country other than the one evaluated.

based on the Quran

large mass of compressed ice covering a land area

A regional or global shift in patterns of weather and climate in relation to Greenhouse gases.

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

one of Australia's original people

In Spanish colonial America, a person of mixed Spanish and American Indian Ancestry

The belief that the holy books should be taken literally, word for word.

the Islamic sacred book, believed to be the word of God as dictated to Muhammad.

A geographic coordinate that specifies the north–south position of a point on the Earth.

A movement to create a Jewish state in Jews' historic homeland in Palestine

an effect