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SSGeoCh5
Social Studies Chapter 5 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Natural Resources | Useful material found in the environment. |
| Raw Materials | Natural resources that must be worked to be useful. |
| Renewable Resources | Natural resources that can be replaced. |
| Nonrenewable Resources | Natural resources that can't be replaced. |
| Environment | Natural surroundings. |
| Manufacturing | The large scale production of goods by hand or by machine |
| Colonization | The movement of settlers and their cultures to a new country. |
| Industrialization | The growth of machine powered production in an economy. |
| First-Level Activities | People use land and resources directly to make products. |
| Second-Level Activities | Manufacturing. |
| Third-Level Activities | Selling |
| Deforestation | Loss of forest cover in a region. |
| Biodiversity | A richness of different kinds of living things in a region. |
| Civil Engineering | Technology for building structures that alter a landscape. |
| Pollution | Waist that makes air, soil, and water less clean. |