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Vocabulary ch.5
Vocabulary ch.5-6
Term | Definition |
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Colony | a territory separated from but subject to a ruling power |
annex | to formally incorporate into a country or state the territory of another |
cede | to transfer or give up |
civil war | |
Industrial revolution | the shift from human power to machine power |
continental divide | a boundary or area of high ground that separates rivers flowing toward opposite sides of a continent |
drainage basin | |
tributary | |
striation | marks characterizing glaciated areas of rocks |
rain shadow | |
literacy | |
suburb | a residential area outside a central city |
standard of living | |
gross national product | |
canal | an artificial warerway |
telecommunication | |
free enterprise | |
metropolitan area | |
hierarchy | |
hinterland | |
megalopolis |