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Social Studies 20
Southeast Asia: Physical Geography & History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Colonialism | The practice of one country directly ruling and developing trade in a foreign territory for its own benefit |
| Commerce | The business of trading goods and services |
| Landlocked | Surrounded by land on all sides with no direct access to a Sea Coast |
| Monopoly | The complete control of the market for a service or product |
| Land bridge | A strip of land connecting two land masses |
| Subsistence fishing | Fishing for enough food to live on, not-for-profit |
| Resistance | Opposition |
| Typhoons | A dangerous tropical storm with heavy rains and high winds known as a hurricane in the Western Hemisphere |
| Tsunami | A large powerful ocean wave |
| Biodiversity | The variety of species in an ecosystem |
| Bas-relief | A sculpture that is slightly raised from a flat background |