Social Studies Final, 2008
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- deciduous
- (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season
- rural
- living in or characteristic of farming or country life
- standard living
- a measurement of a person or a group's education, housing, health, and nutrition
- megalopolis
- a very large urban complex (usually involving several cities and towns)
- developing country
- a country that is poor and whose citizens are mostly agricultural workers but that wants to become more advanced socially and economically
- developed country
- advanced country, is used to categorize countries
- savanna
- a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions
- sinkhole
- a hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.
- defect
- to desert a cause, country, etc., esp. in order to adopt another (often fol. by from or to): He defected from the U.S.S.R to the West.
- population density
- number of individuals per unit area
- agriculture
- the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
- per capita GDP
- the gross domestic product divided by the population
- demography
- The study of the characteristics of human populations, such as size, growth, density, distribution, and vital statistics.
- prarie
- a rolling inland area with fertile soil
- irrigation
- supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc
- relief
- money, food, or other help given to those in poverty or need.
- literacy
- possession of education
- plateau
- a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- bedrock
- 1. Geology. unbroken solid rock, overlaid in most places by soil or rock fragments.
- geography
- The study of the earth and its features and of the distribution of life on the earth, including human life and the effects of human activity.
- suburb
- a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
- climate
- the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time
- isthmus
- a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land.
- Cartographer
- a person who makes maps
- fjord
- a long, narrow arm of the sea bordered by steep cliffs: usually formed by glacial erosion
- cay
- a small low island; key
- permafrost
- ground that is permanently frozen
- immigrant
- a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there
- life expectancy
- the probable number of years remaining in the life of an individual or class of persons determined statistically, affected by such factors as heredity, physical condition, nutrition, and occupation.
- manufacturing
- is the changing of materials into usable products
- lock
- an enclosed chamber in a canal, dam, etc., with gates at each end, for raising or lowering vessels from one level to another by admitting or releasing water.
- urban
- located in or characteristic of a city or city life
- peninsula
- an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- canopy
- a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather
- oasis
- a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.; tropical
- basin
- a natural or artificial hollow place containing water
- strait
- a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- canal
- an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc
- Gross Domestic Product
- measure of the United States economy adopted in 1991
- refugee
- an exile who flees for safety
- emigrant
- someone who leaves one country to settle in another
- maritime
- bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea
- coniferous
- of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves
- continental divide
- a divide separating river systems that flow to opposite sides of a continent
- lichens
- Symbiotic organism between a fungus and a photosynthetic organism
- precipitation
- the amount of rain, snow, hail, etc., that has fallen at a given place within a given period, usually expressed in inches or centimeters of water.
- natural vegetation
- typical plant life in areas where humans have not altered
- tundra
- a vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line
- glacier
- an extended mass of ice; has formed mountains
- archipelago
- any large body of water with many islands
- cordillera
- a chain of mountains, usually the principal mountain system or mountain axis of a large landmass.
- tributary
- a stream that flows to a larger stream or other body of water.