Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account.
Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

Vocabulary for chapter 34,28,29

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

Term
Definition
Aborigine   An original ingabitant; one of the original inhabitants of Australia  
🗑
lagoon   A shallow body of water separated from the sea by coral reefs or sandbars  
🗑
cyclone   A violent rotating wind storm  
🗑
outback   Remote sparsely settled, arid, rural country, especially the central and western plains and plateaus of Australia.  
🗑
artesian well   A well that is drilled deep enough to tap a layer of porous material filled with ground water.  
🗑
atoll   A ring shaped coral island surrounding a lagoon  
🗑
geyser   A natural hot spring that shoos a column of water and steam into the air.  
🗑
trust teritory   A dependent colony or territory supervised by another country by commission of the United Nations  
🗑
crevasse   A deep crack in glacial ice  
🗑
ice shelf   A massive extesion of glacial ice over the sea often protruding hundreds of miles F  
🗑
pack ice   Floating sea ice formed by a mix of icebergs with other ice formed in super chilled sea water.  
🗑
convergence zone   An area of severe storms where the frigid water circulating around Antarctica meet the warmer water of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans  
🗑
krill   Small shrimplike creature; food for whales and fish.  
🗑
Sultanate   a state ruled by a sultan  
🗑
Nonaligned nation   A nation that adopted neutrality during the Cold War  
🗑
Subcontinent   A large land mass forming a distinct part of a continent  
🗑
alluvial plain   A broad expanse of land along riverbanks, consisting of rich fertile soil  
🗑
monsoon   A seasonal shift in the prevailing winds that influences large climate regions  
🗑
Nationalism   Pride in one's nation; the desire of cultural group to rule themselves as a separate nation  
🗑
nonviolent resistance   The policy of opposing an enemy or oppressor by any means other than violence  
🗑
boycott   To refuse to to purchase or use a product or service as an expression of disaproval  
🗑
parition   A division into seperate parts  
🗑
reincarnation   the belief that the soul of a human being or animal goes through a series of births, deaths and rebirths  
🗑
caste system   A social hierarchy in which a person possesses a distinct rank in society  
🗑
charpoy   A wooden bed frame with knotted string in place of a mattress  
🗑
sari   A brightly colored cloth, worn by many Indian women, that is draped over the body like a long dress  
🗑
purdah   The pratice among Hindu and Muslim women of covering the face with a veil when outside of the home  
🗑
joint family system   In India the custom of housing all members of an extended family together.  
🗑
Cottage industry   A small scale manufacturing operation using little technology, often located in or near people's homes  
🗑
hydroelectric power   Electricity that is generated by moving water  
🗑
irrigate   The watering of farmland with water drawn from reervoirs or rivers  
🗑
embankment dam   A wall of soil and rock to hold back water  
🗑
buffer state   A country that serparates two hostile countries  
🗑
malnutrition   Disease cause by lack of food or an unbalanced diet  
🗑
deforestation   The process of stripping land of its trees  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: irodgers
Popular Geography sets