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Ch. 21 Sect. 1 Vocab
Southeast Asia Geography & History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| land bridge | a strip of land connecting two landmasses |
| landlocked | surrounded by land on all sides, with no direct access to a seacoast |
| typhoon | a dangerous tropical storm with heavy rains and high winds, known as a hurricane in the Western Hemisphere |
| tsunami | a large, powerful ocean wave |
| subsistence fishing | fishing for enough food to live on, not for profit |
| ecologist | a scientist who studies the relationships between living things and their environment |
| bauxite | the raw material used to make aluminum |
| biodiversity | the variety of species in an ecosystem |
| dynamic | continuously changing |
| dormant | inactive, referring to a volcano |
| zoologist | a scientist who studies animals |
| wallaby | a marsupial animal that is smaller than a kagaroo |