More Study Questions

Study the Key Terms listed in this chapter. Consult the glossary as needed.

_____ Celts	a. established an empire around the Mediterranean Sea
_____ Germanic tribes	b. moved into Spain, France, and Britain bringing metal-making skills
_____ Greeks	c. formed a foundation of European ideas
_____ Moors	d. includes Franks, Saxons, Burgundians, and Swedes
_____ Romans	e. conquered Iceland and much of northwestern Europe
_____ Vikings	f. Muslims who conquered Spain

_____ agribusiness	a. producing more output per unit of land
_____ concentration	b. producing on fewer and larger farms in better areas
_____ extensification	c. producing fewer livestock or crops from the same area
_____ intensification	d. fewer different commercial products from a farming region
_____ specialization	e. large-scale commercialization of agriculture including inputs, farms, and outputs

_____ Agglomeration economies	a. production stays at a location even when other locations have lower production costs
_____ Counterurbanization	b. abandonment of factories in a once important industrial region
_____ Deindustrialization	c. caused by many related economic activities located in the same area
_____ Gentrification	d. movement from urban areas to small towns and rural areas
_____ Geographic inertia	e. services like advertising, accounting, and market research
_____ Producer services	f. high income groups moving into and improving older and poorer parts of cities

Acid deposition _________________________________________________________________
Ethnic cleansing _________________________________________________________________
European Union _________________________________________________________________
Mediterranean climate _____________________________________________________________
Midlatitude west coast climate _______________________________________________________

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