front 1 Tributary | back 1 A small river that flows into a larger river |
front 2 Basin | back 2 An area of land that is drained by a river and its tributaries |
front 3 Rainforest | back 3 A dense stand of trees and other vegetation hat recieves a great deal of precipitation each year |
front 4 Metropolitan Area | back 4 An area that includes a city and its surrounding suburbs |
front 5 Pampa | back 5 The treeless grassland of Argentina and Uruguay |
front 6 Tropics | back 6 An area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn that has generally warm temperatures because it receives the direct rays of the sun for much of the year |
front 7 Temperate zone | back 7 A region between with a climate that is neither too hot not too cold |
front 8 Canopy | back 8 The umbrella-like covering formed by the tops of trees in rainforest |
front 9 Favela | back 9 An overcrowded city slum in Brazil |
front 10 Compulsory | back 10 Mandatory; enforced |
front 11 Immunity | back 11 The ability to resist infection by a particular disease |
front 12 Elevation | back 12 The measurement of how much above or below sea level a place is |
front 13 Hacienda | back 13 A large estate |
front 14 Encomeinda | back 14 The Spanish system of enslaving Native Americans and making them practice Christianity |
front 15 Conflict | back 15 A serious disagreement |
front 16 Stable | back 16 Staying in the same condition; not likely to change or fail |
front 17 Ratio | back 17 The relationship in amount or size between two or more things |
front 18 Tariff | back 18 A tax added to the price of goods that are imported |
front 19 Altitude | back 19 The height above sea level |
front 20 Altiplano | back 20 The high plains |
front 21 Munltinational | back 21 A company that has locations in more than one country |
front 22 Coup | back 22 An action in which a group of individuals seize control of a government |
front 23 Souk | back 23 Famous open-air markets of the orgin |
front 24 Hydroelectric Power | back 24 The electricity that is created by flowing water |
front 25 Geothermal energy` | back 25 The electricity produced by natural, underground sources of steam |
front 26 Shogun | back 26 A military leader who ruled Japan in early times |
front 27 Dynasty | back 27 A line of rules from a single family that holds power for a long time |
front 28 Samurai | back 28 A powerful, land-owning warrior in Japan |
front 29 Trade deficit | back 29 A situation that occurs when the value of a country's import is higher than the value of its export |
front 30 Trade surplus | back 30 A situation that occurs when the value of a country's export is higher than the value of its import |
front 31 Communism | back 31 A system of government in which the government controls the ways of producing goods |
front 32 Urbanization | back 32 When a city grows larger and spreads into nearby areas |
front 33 Subcontinent | back 33 A large landmass that is part of a continent |
front 34 Primate city | back 34 A country's main city that is so large and influential that it dominated the rest of the country |
front 35 Absolute monarchy | back 35 A system of government in which the rulers has complete control |
front 36 Constitutional monarchy | back 36 A form of government in which a monarch is the head of state but elected officials run the government |
front 37 Wadi | back 37 A dry riverbed that fills with water when rare rains fall into a desert |
front 38 Hydropolitics | back 38 The politics surrounding water access and usage rights |
front 39 Outsourcing | back 39 Hiring workers in other countries to do a set of jobs |
front 40 Raj | back 40 The period of time in which Great Britain controlled India as a part of the British Empire |
front 41 Civil disobedience | back 41 The use of nonviolent protests to challenge a government of its laws |
front 42 Delta | back 42 An area where sand, silt, clay, or gravel is dropped at the mouth of a river |
front 43 Oasis | back 43 a fertile area that rises in a desert whenever water is regularly available |
front 44 Desertifictaion | back 44 The process by which an area turns into a desert |
front 45 Creole | back 45 A group of languages developed by enslaved people on colonial plantations that is a mixture of French, Spanish, and African |
front 46 Introduced species | back 46 A nonnative species that is brought to a new enviroment |
front 47 Trade language | back 47 A common language that emerges when countries trade with each other |