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Social Vocabs
Question | Answer |
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Subregion | smaller area of a region |
Archipelago | group of islands |
Tributary | a small river that flows into a larger river. |
Estuary | an area where river currents and ocean tides meet. |
Canopy | an umbrella-like covering of leaves. |
Altitudes | a place’s height above sea level |
Jade | a shiny, green semiprecious stone. |
Hieroglyphics | a form of writing that uses signs and symbols |
Empire | a large territory with many different people under one ruler. |
Cash Crop | farm products growth for export |
Communist State | government control of the economy. |
Immigration | the movement of people |
Carnival | a large festival on the last day before lent |
Mural | a large painting on a wall |
Plaza | public |
Plantation | large farm that raises a single crop to sell. |
Literacy Rate | the percentage of people who can read or write. |
Common Wealth | self-governing territory |
National Debt | money owed by the government |
Default | to miss a debt payment |
Landlocked | having no border with ocean or sea. |
Pass | space people can use to travel through a mountain range. |
Deciduous | trees that lose theirs leaves |
Coniferous | evergreen trees that have their seeds in cone. |
Classical | civilization of ancient Greece and Rome. |
Emperor | all powerful ruler. |
Pope | head of the Roman Catholic Church |
Urbanization | growth of cities |
Secular | non-religious |
Bog | low swampy area |
Bilingual | person that can speak 2 language |
Neutrality | refusal to take sides in a war between other countries |
Potash | mineral use to make fertilizer. |
Fossil Fuel | energy supplies of oil, coal, or natural gas |
Taiga | large coniferous fossils |
Smog | a thick haze of fog and chemicals |
Pollutant | chemical and smoke particles that cause pollution |
Missionary | person who moves to another area to spread the religion |
Czar | emperor |
Navigable | deep, wide, or safe enough for a boat to go through |
Nationalism | feelings of loyalty toward a person’s country |
Autonomy | independent from something |
Middle Class | a social group that is neither very rich nor poor |
Silt | small particles of rich soil. |
Phosphate | mineral salts used to make fertilizers. |
Poaching | illegal hunting or fishing. |
Oasis | area of fertile in a desert |
Steppe | grassy plain that borders a desert. |
Rationing | the limiting of a resources to people. |
Maize | corn |