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Ch 3 Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Process in which moist air rises up a mountain range and then cools and falls as precipitation, leaving the other side of the range mostly dry | rainshadow effect |
To send to another country for aid or profit | export |
The movement to end slavery, before and during the Civil War in the United States | abolition |
A war between opposing groups of citizens in the same country | civil war |
A barrier that controls the flow of water | dam |
An object made by humans from a past culture | aquifer |
Capable of being continued without damaging the environment or using up resources permanently | sustainable |
A partnership between countries | alliance |
An action to overthrow a government by citizens or colonists | revolution |
The buissness or producing crops to sell | commercial agriculture |
Across an entire continent | transcontinental |
A person send by a religious organization to convert others to that religion | missionary |
A large mass of ice and packed snow | glacier |
A large farm that grows crops for profit | plantation |
A document that organizes a government and states its powers | constitution |
A formal change to a law | amendment |
The shift to large-scale production using machines | industrialization |
To formally withdraw | secede |
A system of several parallel mountain ranges | cordillera |
The refusal to take sides or become involved | neutrality |
A ruler with complete control | dictator |
An underground pool of water | cenote |
To build settlements and develop trade in lands that a country controls | colonize |
Connected in one block | contiguous |
A settler of new land | pioneer |
A long period with little or no precipitation | drought |
A fee paid to a government for public services | tax |
A body of land surrounded on three sides by water | peninsula |
Farming to grow only enough food for families to eat, not to sell | subsistence farming |
In terms of climate | temperate |
To strengthen | fortify |
A type of warfare using violence to achieve political results, typically carried out by individuals or small groups | terrorism |