Term | Definition |
1.Coliny | Territory separated from but subject to a ruling power. |
2.Annex | Formally incorporate into a country or state the territory of another. |
3.Cede | Transfer of give up. |
4.Civil War | Conflict between opposing groups of citizens of the same country. |
5.Industrial Revolution | The shift from human power to machine power |
6.Continental Divide | A boundary or area of high ground that separates rivers flowing toward opposite sides of a continent. |
7.Drainage Basin | Entire are of land that is drained by a major river and its tributaries. |
8.Tributary | River or stream that flows into a main river. |
9.Striation | Marks characterizing glaciated areas of rock. |
10.Rain Shadow | Area of reduced rainfall on the leeward side of high mountains. |
11.Literacy | The ability to read and wright. |
12.Suburb | Residential area out side a central city. |
13.Standard of Living | A person or groups level of material well-being, as measured by education, housing, health care, and nutrition. |
14.Ecosystem | Interaction of plant life, animal life, and the physical environment in which they live. |
15.Gross National Product | Total value of a nation's goods and services, including the output of domestic firms in foreign countries and excluding the domestic output of foreign firms. |
16.Canal | An artificial water way. |
17.Telecommunication | Communication by electronic means |
18.Free enterorise | Economic system that allows ind |
19.Metropolitan area | |
20.Hierarchy | |
21.Hinterland | |