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Chapter 5&6 vocab
vocab 5 & 6
Term | Definition |
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colony | a territoiry seperated from but subject to ruling power |
annex | to formally incoorpirateinto a country a state or territory |
cede | to transfer or give up |
civil war | a conflict between opposing groups of citezens from the same country |
industrial revolution | the shift from human power to machine power |
continental divide | boundary ot areea of high ground that seperates rivers flowing toward oppisite sides of a continent |
drainage basin | the entire area of land that is drained by a major riiver and its tributaries |
tributary | a river or stream that flows into a main river |
striation | marks characterizing glaciated areas of rocks |
rain shadow | an area of rainfall on the leeward side of the hgh mountains |
litracy | the ability to read and write |
suburb | a residential area outside a central city |
standard of living | a person or groups level of material well being as measured by education, housing, healthcare and nutrients |
per capita | amount of anything per person |
gross national product | the total value of goodsin a nation including the output of domestic firms in foriegn countries |
canal | artificial waterway |
telecommunication | communication bt electronic means |
free enterprose | economic system that allows individuals to own operate abd profit from their own buisiness |
metropalition area | a major city and its surrounding suburbs |
hieraachy | rank according to function |
hinterland | the area served by metropolis |