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UNIT 2 vocab lapp
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Export | selling and shipping goods produced within a country to customers or businesses located in other countries |
| Peninsula | a piece of land that is almost entirely surrounded by water but is connected to the mainland on one side |
| Sustainable | meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs |
| Biodiversity | genetic, species, ecosystem, and functional diversity |
| Ecosystem | a community of organisms and their physical environment interacting together |
| Rain forest | forests that receive a great amount of rainfall—more than 80 inches each year |
| Grassland | an area where grasses dominate the vegetation |
| Tundra | the coldest of all the biomes |
| Taiga | a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches |
| Desert | |
| Multiculturalism | |
| Migration | |
| Temperate Forest | |
| NAFTA | |
| Globalization | |
| Cultural Diffusion |