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SE Asia Vocabulary
Southeast Asia
| 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 kangaroo |
| complex | a connected set of buildings |
| bas-relief | a sculpture that is slightly raised from a flat background |
| monopoly | the complete control of the market for a service or product |
| colonialism | the practice of one country directly ruling and developing trade in a foreign territory for its own benefit |
| fossil | the preserved remains of ancient animals and plants |
| commerce | the business of trading goods and services |
| launch | to start |
| resistance | opposition |