Ch.8-9 Vocab
To take someone's freedom away.
What is to enslave?
Corn.
What is maize?
A small river that flows into a larger river.
The imaginary lines on the map that give us absolute coordinates.
What are longitude and latitude?
The number of school-bell schedules hung on the wall.
What is 4?
A system of writing that uses small pictures/symbols to represent words or sounds.
What are hieroglyphics?
To take over something.
What is to conquer?
A narrow stretch of land connecting to larges pieces of land.
What is an isthmus?
The symbol on the map that tells directions (NSEW).
What is a compass rose?
The foot that Mr. Harner hurt (right or left).
Country whose government has strong control over the economy and society as a whole.
What is a communist state?
The process by which a society or place reaches an advanced stage of social and cultural development and organization.
What is a Civilization?
A chain of islands.
What is an archipelago?
Being accepting of, or speaking TWO different languages.
What is bilingual?
The religion with the most followers.
What is Christianity?
Large festival held each spring in countries in Latin America on the last day before the Christian Holy Period called Lent.
What is Carnival?
Former colonies of an Empire that have no legal obligation to one another but have a shared history and culture.
What is a commonwealth nation?
The umbrella-like covering formed by the tops of trees in a rainforest.
What is a canopy?
Power is divided between national and local levels.
What is federalism?
How many public Middle Schools are in Sioux Falls
What is six?
A foreign-owned factory in Mexico where workers assemble parts made in other countries.
What are maquiladoras?
An economic system in which the public owns the means of production but the government controls the economic activity.
What is a command economy?
Height above sea-level.
What is altitude?
The five themes of Geography.
What are: Location, Place, Movement, HE-I, Region?
The First Day of School this school year.
What is 08/26/2021?