Vocabulary - People and the Environment

Useful materials found in the environment.

• artifacts

• natural resources

• fossils

• industrial goods

Nonrenewable resources include minerals, metal ores, and __________.

• sunlight

• water

• plants and animals

• fossil fuels

_____________ is the development of machine-powered production and manufacturing.

• urbanization

• immigration

• industrialization

• deforestation

The loss of forest cover in a region. Animals may suffer as a result.

• urbanization

• immigration

• industrialization

• deforestation

The number of types of living things in a region or ecosystem.

• biodiversity

• biome

• herds

• wildlife

When people leave their home country or migrate out of a place, they ___________.

• urbanize

• industrialize

• emigrate

• migration

What forces people to leave their home country? It is considered negative. Some examples may be to escape poverty, war, or persecution.

• push factors

• pull factors

• fear factors

• limiting factors

This causes people to migrate. It is considered positive and attracts people to new countries. Some examples are a supply of good jobs, better resources, and educational opportunities.

• push factors

• pull factors

• fear factors

• exciting factors

The movement of people from rural areas to urban areas.

• immigration

• industrialization

• urbanization

• biodiversity

People that are forced to leave their homes are known as _________.

• rebels

• liberals

• gypsies

• refugees