WGEO Word Scramble
|
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
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Question | Answer |
Isthmus | a narrow strip of land having water on each side and joining two larger bodies of land |
Guerrilla | a member of an armed force that is not part of a regular army; relating to a form of warfare carried on by such an independent armed force |
Archipelago | a group of islands |
Coral Island | an island formed by the skeletal remains of tiny sea animals and the sand and sediment piling on top of them |
Windward | facing the wind |
Leeward | facing away from the wind |
Escarpment | a steep cliff that separates two level areas of differing elevations |
Sertao | an interior plateau in brazil with poor soil and uncertain rain |
Favela | a slum community in a brazilian city |
Plantation | a large estate farmed by many workers |
Gasohol | a fuel mixture of gasoline and ethanol |
Deforestation | the process of stripping the land of its trees |
Ecotourism | tourism that encourages enviromental awarness and has little effect on the ecosystem |
Mulatto | a person mixed with African and European ancestry |
Bauxite | a mineral used in making aluminum |
llano | a grassy plain |
Cordillera | a related set of seprate mountain ranges |
Campesino | in Latin America, a tenant farmer or farm worker |
Altiplano | a plateau region located in the Andies of Bolivia and Peru |
Paramo | a plateau in the Andies of Ecuador |
Timber Line | the boundary in high elevations above which continuous forest vegitation cannot grow |
Selva | a forrested region in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia |
Estuary | the wide mouth of a river, where freshwater river currents meet salt water |
Piedmont | a region af rolling foothills |
Pampas | a grasslands region in Argentina and Uraguay |
Gaucho | a cowboy who herded cattle in the pampas of Argintina and Uraguay |
Created by:
laurengrawunder
Popular Geography sets