World Regional Geography: GEA 2000 - Chapters 1-5, Study notes of Geography

Download World Regional Geography: GEA 2000 - Chapters 1-5 and more Study notes Geography in PDF only on Docsity! GEA 2000, World Regional Geography, Spring ‘05 Geography Terminology; Chapters 1-5 Chapter 1 age distribution age structure air pressure average population density birth rate capital colony culture group death rate delta demographic transition diffusion domestication extractive resource floodplain formal economy free trade frontal precipitation gender structure global economy global warming globalization gross domestic product (GDP) per capita import quota informal economy International Monetary Fund (IMF) lingua franca material culture multinational corporation nation nation-state nongovernmental organization (NGO) orographic rainfall Pangea hypothesis plate tectonics pluralistic state population pyramid rain shadow rate of natural increase (growth rate) Ring of Fire secularism structural adjustment policies/programs World Bank World Trade Organization Chapter 2 acid rain aquifer boreal forests brown field digital divide economic core government subsidies Hispanic information technology interstate highway system Latino maquiladoras megalopolis metropolitan areas Ogallala aquifer Pacific Rim service sector tundra urban sprawl