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Unit 3 Vocabulary
Social Studies MidTerm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Contiguous | Areas that are joined together inside a common boundary |
| Service industry | Business that provides services to people instead of producing goods |
| Fossil fuel | Coal, oil, or natural gas |
| Free trade | Rrmoving trade barriers so that goods flow freely among countries |
| Colony | Overseas territory or settlement tied to a parent country |
| Representative democracy | Government in which the people are represented by elected leaders |
| Federal republic | Government divided between national and state powers |
| Rural | Area in the countryside |
| Urban | Area in the city |
| Province | Regional political division similar to states |
| Tundra | Vast rolling treeless plains in high latitude climates in which only the top few inches of ground thaw in summer |
| Newsprint | Type of paper used for printing newspaper |
| Parliamentary democracy | Government in which voters elect representatives to a lawmaking body which chooses a prime minister to head the government |
| Bilingual | Referring to country that has two official languages |
| Altitude | Height above sea level |
| Malquiladora | Factory that assembles parts made in other countries |
| Subsistence farm | Small plot where a farmer grows only enough food to feed his own family |
| Industrialize | To change an economy to rely more on manufacturing and less on farming |
| Plaza | Public square |
| Plantation | Large farm that grows a single crop for sale |
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