Geography Alive! Chapter 10 and 11 vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 indigenous peoples | natives that have been conquered or dominated by others who come later. |
| subsistence farming | farming carried out mainly to provide food for farm families, with little surplus for sale to others |
| traditional culture | customs and was of life handed down from ancestors |
| Drought | long term lack of rain |
| ethnic group | people who share common physical features and a cultural identity |
| adobe | one room house made of wood or mud brick |
| slash-and-burn method | cutting and burning the forest to clear land for farming |
| migrant workers | workers that move from place to place to find work |
| adaption | A change in a way of life to suit new conditions |
| Landscape | A large area with a particular kind of scenery |
| Barter | Conducting trade by exchanging goods or services instead of money |
| Plantation | A large farm especially in hot areas |
| Rituals | A set of actions performed as part of a ceremony. |
| El Nino | A warm ocean current that flows off the west coast of South America every few years. Can cause extreme weather. |
| Extreme Weather | Severe or unusual weather conditions:hurricanes, tornadoes, or blizzards. |
| Meteorology | The scientific study of climate and weather patterns |
| Natural Disaster | Great destruction or loss of life caused by natural forces rather than human actions. |
| Tropical Cyclone | A severe storm with high winds that spiral around a calm center. |
| Hurricanes, Typhoons and Cyclones are examples of ___________? | Tropical Cyclones |
| Eye | The calm area at the center of a hurricane or other tropical cyclone. |
| Eye Wall | The ring of thunderstorms that surrounds the eye. |
| Rainbands | A band of dense clouds that swirls around the eye wall of the hurricane. |
| Tropical Disturbance | A cluster of thunderstorms near the equator that moves with the prevailing winds. |
| Tropical Depression | A storm near the equator with winds moving in a circle at speeds up to 38 miles per hour |
| Storm surge | A wall of water that is pushes ashore by a storm |
| Sanitation | The systems that keep an area free of filth and germs that can cause disease. |
| Sewage | Solid and liquid waste from homes and buildings that is carried away by sewers and drains. |
| Atmosphere | the layer of air that surrounds earth |
| Convection | The movement, or transfer, of heat through a gas or liquid |
| Current | the steady movement of air or water due to convection |
| Condenses | to loose heat and change from vapor or gas into a liquid |
| Tornado | A violent spinning wind storm that appears as a funnel shaped cloud. |
| Region | In an area defined by 1 or more natural or cultural characteristics that sets it apart from others. |
| Tropical Zone | The area between the equator and the tropic of cancer and Capricorn where it is hot. |
| Cash Crops | A crop that is grown to be sold rather than to be consumed by the farmers and their families. |
| Tourism | Travel for pleasure rather than business or necessity. |
| Prevailing Winds | Winds that usually blow in a certain direction. |
| Safer-Simpson Scale | It rates hurricanes on a scale from 1-5 to measure how powerful it is. |
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