Term | Definition |
generation | the average time between the birth of parents and the birth or their children |
marsh | low,wetland where cattails, tall grasses, and other similar plants grow |
plantations | huge farms where tobacco, cotton and rice were the main crop |
swamp | a low,wet area where trees and bushes grow |
renewable resource | a resource that can be used again or made by people or nature |
cause | something that makes something else happen |
effect | something that happens because of an earlier action |
barrier island | low narrow islands that are near the coast |
mainland | the continent or the part of a continent nearest to an island |
strait | a narrow channel that connects two bodies of water |
common wealth | a territory that governs inself (Puerto Rico) |
nonrewable resource | a resource that can not be made again by nature or people |
refinery | a factory that turns crude oil into useful products |
legend | a story that has come down from the past |
tropics | band of warm climate that circles the earth near the equator |
territory | a place owned and governed by a country |
petroleum | oil |
crude oil | a name given to petroluem pumped from the ground |
inlet | a narrow strip of water leading into the land from a larger body of water |