4th Six Weeks Vocab.

Question 0

Define Apartheid

Answer 0

The separation of the races

Question 1

Define Sanitation

Answer 1

Disposal of wastes

Question 2

Define Universal Suffrage

Answer 2

Voting rights for all people

Question 3

Define Oral Tradition

Answer 3

The practice of passing down stories from generation to generation by word of mouth

Question 4

Define Clan

Answer 4

A large group of people descended from an early common ancestor

Question 5

Define Subsistence Farming

Answer 5

Agriculture that provides for the needs of only a family or village

Question 6

Define Commercial Farming

Answer 6

Agriculture businesses that produce crops on a large scale

Question 7

Define Cash Crops

Answer 7

Crops grown to be sold

Question 8

Define Infrastructure

Answer 8

Resources, buildings, and equipment required for an activity

Question 9

Define E-commerce

Answer 9

Selling and buying on the internet

Question 10

Define Habitat

Answer 10

An area where an animal or plant normally lives

Question 11

Define Extinction

Answer 11

Disappearance of plant or animal species from the earth

Question 12

Define Poaching

Answer 12

Illegal hunting

Question 13

Define Ecotourism

Answer 13

Tourism based on concern for the environment

Question 14

Define Subcontinent

Answer 14

A landmass that is large and distinct but joined to a continent

Question 15

Define Alluvial Plain

Answer 15

An area of fertile soil deposited by river flood waters

Question 16

Define Mica

Answer 16

A layered rock that is used in making electrical equipment

Question 17

Define Monsoon

Answer 17

A seasonal wind that brings warm, moist air from the oceans in summer and cold dry air from inland in winter

Question 18

Define Ziggurats

Answer 18

Pyramid-shape mud-brick temples built by the Sumerians

Question 19

Define Bedouin

Answer 19

A desert nomad

Question 20

Define Bazaar

Answer 20

A traditional marketplace

Question 21

Define Arable

Answer 21

Suitable for farming

Question 22

Define Commodity

Answer 22

An economic product

Question 23

Define Petrochemical

Answer 23

Product made from petroleum or natural gas

Question 24

Define Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Answer 24

The value of goods and services produced in a country in a year

Question 25

Define Hajj

Answer 25

A yearly pilgrimage

Question 26

Define Aquifer

Answer 26

Underground layers of porous rock, gravel, or sand that contain water

Question 27

Define Escarpment

Answer 27

A steep, often jagged slope or cliff

Question 28

Define Cataract

Answer 28

A towering waterfall

Question 29

Define Rift Valley

Answer 29

A large crack in the earth's crust formed by shifting tectonic plates

Question 30

Define Fault

Answer 30

A fracture in the earth's crust

Question 31

Define Delta

Answer 31

A triangular section of land formed by sand and silt carried downriver

Question 32

Define Estuary

Answer 32

A passage where freshwater from a river meets seawater

Question 33

Define Leach

Answer 33

Dissolve and carry away

Question 34

Define Savanna

Answer 34

Tropical grassland with scattered trees

Question 35

Define Desertification

Answer 35

A process by which productive land turns into desert after vegetation had been destroyed by overuse

Question 36

Define Alluvial Soil

Answer 36

A rich soil made up of sand and mud deposited by flowing water

Question 37

Define Wadi

Answer 37

A stream bed that remains dry until a heavy rain

Question 38

Define Kum

Answer 38

A regional term for desert

Question 39

Define Phosphate

Answer 39

A chemical compound used in fertilizers

Question 40

Define Oasis

Answer 40

A place in the desert where underground water surfaces

Question 41

Define Pastoralism

Answer 41

The raising and grazing of livestock

Question 42

Define Infrastructure

Answer 42

The basic urban necessities like streets, water, electricity, and sewers

Question 43

Define Culture Hearth

Answer 43

Cities where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions spread outward

Question 44

Define Cuneiform

Answer 44

A system of symbols developed by the Sumerians to keep records

Question 45

Define Hieroglyphics

Answer 45

A form of picture writing developed by the Egyptians

Question 46

Define Qanats

Answer 46

Underground canals built by the Persians for irrigating crops

Question 47

Define Monotheism

Answer 47

A belief in one god

Question 48

Define Prophet

Answer 48

A messenger of god

Question 49

Define Mosque

Answer 49

A Muslim house of worship

Question 50

Define Domesticate

Answer 50

To take plants and animals from the wild and make them useful to people

Question 51

Define Nationalism

Answer 51

A belief in the right of an ethnic group to have its own independent country

Question 52

Define Nationalize

Answer 52

To place under government control

Question 53

Define Embargo

Answer 53

A ban on trade