1. CHAPTER 2
PATTERNS OF LIFE

2. POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
The way people are spread out in different places throughout the world

3. ENVIRONMENTS
surroundings

4. ADAPTING TO OUR ENVIRONMENTS
The clothing we wear
The kinds of homes we build
Heating our homes in temperate and polar climates
Air conditioning our homes in tropical and temperate climates

5. IRRIGATION
The use of canals, ditches, or pipes to move water to dry areas

6. DESERTIFICATION
The long-term process in which fertile land is changed into desert

7. DROUGHT
A period when little or no rain falls

8. PEOPLE, LAND, AND WATER
It is easier for people to live on flat land near water.
It is harder to live in desert climates and rugged mountains.

9. MIGRATION
The movement of groups of people from one place to another

10. URBANIZATION
The movement of people from rural areas to cities or urban areas

11. METROPOLITAN AREAS
A city and all the suburbs and other population areas around it

12. DEMOGRAPHERS
A geographer who studies human populations

13. IRRIGATION
The use of canals, ditches, or pipes to move water to dry areas

14. DESERTIFICATION
The long-term process in which fertile land is changed into desert

15. MIGRATION
The movement of groups of people from one place to another

16. URBANIZATION
The movement of people from rural areas to cities or urban areas

17. Thematic Maps
Map that focuses on one geographic theme.