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vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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1) annex | formally incorporate into a country or state of territory of another |
2) cede | to trancfer or to give up |
3) civil war | conflict between opposing groups of citizens of the same country |
4) colony | territory separated from but subject to a ruling power |
5) industrial revolution | the shift from human power to mechine power |
6) continental divide | boundary or area of high ground that separates rivers flowing toward opposite side of a continent |
7) drainage basin | the intire area of land that is drained by a major river |
8) striation | |
9) tributary | |
10) rain shadows | |
11) literacy | ability to read and write |
12) suburb | |
13) standard of living | |
14) per capita | |
gross national product | the total value of a nations goods and services produced within a county in a year, including the domestic output of domestic firms and excluding the ouput of domestic firms in foreign countries |
canal | artifical waterways |
free enterprise | economic systems that allows individuals to own operate and profit from their own businsses in an open compeetitive |
telecommunication | |
hinterland | |
hierarchy | |
metropolitan |