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Ch. 5&6 vocabulary
world geography
Term | Definition |
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colony | a territory separated from but subject to a ruling power. |
annex | to formally incorporate into a country or state the territory of another. |
cede | to transfer or give up |
civil war | a conflict between opposing groups of citizens of the same country. |
industrial revolution | the shift from human power to machine power. |
continental divide | a boundary or area of high ground that separates rivers flowing toward opposite sides of a continent. |
drainage basin | |
tribuatary | |
striation | |
rain shadow | |
literacy | |
suburb | |
standard of living | |
gross national product | |
canal | |
telecommunication | |
free enterprise | |
metropolitan area | |
herarchy | |
hinterland |