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chapter 17 Geo terms

section 1&2

TermDefinition
The height of a physical feature above sea level. Elevation
Separate region of a continent. Subcontinent
Capable of being continued without damaging the environment or using up resources permanently. Sustainable
Farmers who grow food for their families to eat not sell. Subsistence Farmer
The protection of the environment. Conservation
A rigid section of Earth's crust that can move independently. Plate
Measures such as sewers to protect public health. Sanitation
A long period with little or no precipitation. Drought
A community of living organisms and their natural environment,or habitat. Ecosystem
An area where a river deposits sediment as it empties into a larger body of water. Delta
A long period of food shortage. Famine
A seasonal wind that brings intense rainfall during part of the year. Monsoon
A chemical or physical waste that creates an unclean or dirty environment. Pollution
The process of water Turing into vapor and rising into the atmosphere due to the sun's heating,part of the Hydrologic cycle. Evaporation
A layer of rock beneath earth that contains water. Aquifer
Fertile suitable for farming. Arable
spearation or begin set apart from others isolation
the nonviolent disobeying of laws civill disobedience
a good or godess deity
a group of people states ruled by a single ruler empire
a socialist studcer in india composed of forming leaves which was started by the Aryans caste system
center of civleltion which ideas and technology spread cultural hearth
the practice of one country derect ruler a deloving trade in a form of teratoriy for its on behave colonialism
an object of idea that can be used to represent an object or idea symbol
the birth of the soul into anorther physchial life reincarnation
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