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2nd Semester Geography Vocabulary
Barter
To Trade
Polar region
Area that receives little to no direct sunlight
Immigration
Two enter and settle in a country or region. Going to a country, arriving.
Emigration
To leave one country or region to settle and another. Leaving it, to exit.
Culture
Everything is group thanks, makes, and does.
Urban
Many people, like in a city.
Province
One of 10 political units that Witch make up Canada.
Ecumen
A region that people can live in permanently.
Colonialism
When one country claims another piece of land as their own.
Glaciers
Large moving masses of ice.
Brain Drain
When the most talented people of a country emigrate for another country.
Tundra
Polar climate and vegetation region with few large plants.
Continental climate
Climate region far from the ocean that has a wide range of temperatures.
NAFTA
A trade agreement between the US, Mexico and Canada.
North American Free Trade Agreement
Ecosystem
Region with certain plants and animals.
Watershed
Region of water that drains to a certain body of water.
Pull
Reasons for immigration.
Push
Reasons for emigration.
Cultural diffusion
Spreading cultural features from one place to another.
Dictator
Leader of a country that rules with absolute power.
Deciduous trees
Trees to drop their leaves in the fall.
Coniferous trees
Evergreen trees with needlelike leaves.
Marine climate
Climate region close to an ocean that has little change in temperature.
Commercial farming
Growing farm products to sell to others.
Forestry
Planting, growing, and harvesting of trees.
Plural society
A region with people from many different places.
Rural
Region with a few people, like in the country.
Indigenous
People who are native to a region before colonialism.
Point pollution
Pollution from a single source.
Non-source point pollution
Pollution from many different sources.
Invasive species
Non-native plants and animals that invade an ecosystem.
Refugee
Person who has to leave their home due to some bad situation.
Persecution
Targeting a person/group because of the religion, skin color, etc…
Genocide
Trying to totally kill a group of people.
Empire
A large region totally controlled by a group.
Habitat
Natural environment in which a plant or animal lives.
Runoff
Water not absorbed by the soil.
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