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Geo-Ch6 Vocab
Geography- Chapter 6 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Immigration | Movement of people into one country from another |
Bill of Rights | FIRST 10 AMENDMENTS to the US Constitution. Protects the people from their own people. |
Sunbelt | The mild CLIMATE REGION found in the SOUTHERN UNITED STATES |
Urbanization | The movement of people from rural (country) areas to urban (city) areas. MOVING FROM COUNTRY TO CITY. |
Metropolitan Area | region that includes A LARGE CITY and its suburbs |
Suburb | outlying COMMUNITIES AROUND A CITY |
Megalopolis | a "super-city" made up of several LARGE CITIES THAT ARE COMBINING into one massive city |
Bilingual | Speaking or USING TWO LANGUAGES |
Republic | Form of government in which people elect their officials to represent them. VOTE FOR PEOPLE TO REPRESENT YOU. |
Underground Railroad | the network of safe-houses in the US that helped thousands of enslaved people escape to freedom. HELPED SLAVES REACH FREEDOM |
Dry Farming | Plowing deeply into the land in hopes that the soil will hold water. PLANTING DEEP SO SOIL HOLDS WATER. |
Amendment | Official CHANGES TO THE CONSTITION |
Socioeconomic Status | A NATION'S LEVEL OF INCOME and education |
Literacy Rate | THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE in a place WHO CAN READ AND WRITE |