World Geography CHPT-6/7
Study Guide for Chapter6/7
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- Canopy
- Top layer of the rain forest that shades the forest floor
- Parliamentary Democracy
- Goverment in which the parliment elects a Prime Minister to head the country
- Murals
- Wall paintings
- Federal Republic
- Where power is divided between national and state governments
- Commonwealth
- Partly self-governing territory
- Free Trade Zone
- An area where people can buy goods from other countries without paying extra taxes
- Archipelago
- A group of islands
- Service Industries
- Bussinesses that provide services to people rather than produce goods
- Plantations
- Large farms that raise a single crop for sale
- Hurricanes
- Fierce tropical storms with high winds and heavy rain
- Jade
- A local shiny stone that comes in many shades of green
- Subsistence farms
- Small plots where farmers grow only food to feed themselves
- Land Bridge
- A narrow piece of land that joins two larger landmasses
- National debt
- Money owed by the government
- Communist State
- A country whose goverment has strong control over the economy and society as a whole
- Hieroglyphics
- A form of writing that uses signs and symbols
- Adobe
- Sun-dried clay bricks
- Maize
- corn to feed their many people
- Isthmus
- A narrow piece of land that links two larger areas of land
- Smog
- A thick fog and chemical
- Obsidian
- A hard black glass created by the volcanos in the area
- Bauxite
- A mineral used to make Aluminum
- Latitude
- A location North or South of the Equator
- Literacy Rate
- Percentage of people who can read and write
- Republic
- Voters choose goverment officals
- Vaqueros
- developed the tools and techniques for herding,roping, and branding cattle
- Plazas
- Public square
- Cooperative
- A farm owned and operated by the goverment
- Maquiladoras
- Factories that assemble parts made in other countries
- Industrialized
- Changed its economy to rely less on farming and more on manufacturing
- Haciendas
- Large ranches
- Altitude
- Height above sea level
- Peninsula
- A piece of land with water on three sides
- Embargo
- A order that restricts or prohibits trade with another country
- Ecotourist
- People who travel to other countries to enjoy natural wonders
- Migrant Workers
- People who cant find any work in their country and travel to find one