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ch24 vocab
vocab
Question | Answer |
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state | a political unit that controls a particular territory |
nomad | a person who wanders from place to place |
desert | a geographic region with too little rainfall to support much plant life |
oil reserves | oil that has been discovered but remains unused in the ground |
crust | the hard outer layer of the earth |
region | an area defined by one or more natural or cultural characteristics that set it apart from other areas |
developed country | a wealthy country with an advanced economy |
nonrenewable resource | a resource that can't be used up or that ca be replaced as quickly as it is used up |
geothermal energy | heat from the center of the earth |
impermeable rock | rock that does not allow liquid or gas to flow through it |
tectonic plates | a large piece of earth's crust that floats on the liquid mantle |
distribution | the way things or people are spread out over an area or space |
life expectancy | the average age that a person in a given population can expect to live |
gross domestic product | the total value of goods and services produced in a country in a year |
per capita | by or for each person |
infant mortality rate | the number of infants out of every 1000 babies born in a particular year who die before the age of 1 |