Human Geo final

trade

buying and selling agricultural products between countries and consents live crops, animals, and processed foods

Development

The process of improving the material conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge and technology.

HDI

level of development in a country

• standard of living

• life expectancy

• access to knowledge

Developed country

high GDP, life expectancy, education levels

Developing country

increasing GDP, life expectancy, and mid. educaion

Resource curse

under performance in countries with lots of natural resources

World systems theory

A way to measure the development of counters by their role in international trade

Human- environment interaction

How people depend on modify and adapt to to their environment according to their needs and wants

climate change

the long term shift in global and local weather patterns mostly by carbon emissions and green house gases

ecosystems

a system that included all living organisms

sustainability

meeting peoples current needs without harming the future generations

fossil fuels

are obtained from the decomposition of organisms and plants that lived millions of years ago

renewable energy

A natural resources that continues to grow and replenish itself in a human lifetime