Current Events Unit 2 Study Guide

Average

The typical value in a group of numbers

Chart (Map)

Shows data or information by location

Epidemic

When a disease spreads quick in one area

Ethic

A person’s sense of right and wrong

Graph

Visual way to show data like bars, lines, etc

Map

A picture showing where places or features are located

Median

Middle number in a list from low to high

Pandemic

A disease outbreak that spreads across many countries or the world

Statistics

Numbers and data used to see patterns or trends

Climate (not weather)

The overall pattern of weather over many years

Demographics

Information about a population like age, income, etc

Economic Resources

The money, goods or natural resources a country uses to support its economy

Educational Resources

Things that help people learn, like teachers, schools, materials, etc

Educational Level

The highest level of education someone has completed

Gross Domestic Product

The total value of everything a country produces in a year

Income Distribution

How income is spread across a population

Life Expectancy

The average number of years a person is expected to live

Poverty

Not having enough money or resources to meet basic needs

UNICEF

A group that helps children around the world with health, education and basic needs

Urbanization

When more people move from rural areas to cities

World Health Organization

A global organization that works to improve health and fight diseases worldwide

Spactal

How things are spaced out

Geographic Tools

Help us track transformations over time

Population pyramids

Reveal demographic structures

Climate graphs

Show temperature and precipitation patterns of certain ecosystems

Economic charts

Highlight disparities in development

Human population dynamics

Reveal both established settlement patterns and emerging migration trends

Real time geographic awareness

Social Media enables instant showing of location based information during events

Crowdsourced Geography

Updating of detailed maps and travel ways to changing areas makes travel much quicker

Democratized Access

Having geographic tools at our fingertips, we are able to navigate our surroundings better through apps