Chapter 4 & 5 - The Northeast Flashcards
a protected area of water where ships can dock safely
harbor
a huge, slow-moving mass of ice
glacier
a snowstorm driven by strong, freezing winds
blizzard
a large, open pit cut into the ground, from which stone is mined
quarry
a loosely united group of governments working together
confederation
a settlement that is ruled by a faraway government
colony
a person who lives in a colony
colonist
a trading center where ships are loaded and unloaded
port
freedom
independence
an official statement
declaration
a major, sudden change in government or in people’s lives
revolution
a chart that records specific events over a period of time
time line
a period of ten years
decade
a period of 100 years
century
a body of water that boats can use
waterway
deep and wide enough for ships to use
navigable
a waterway dug across land
canal
a period in which new sources of power were used to replace machines powered by hand, allowing people to make more goods faster
Industrial Revolution
a factory in which fibers such as cotton and wool are woven into textiles, or cloth
textile mill
the growth of cities
urban growth
a large city together with nearby cities and suburbs
metropolitan area
a huge urban region formed when two or more metropolitan areas grow together
megalopolis
a record made by people who took part in or saw an event
primary source
a record of an event that was made by people who were not there
secondary source
to work at one kind of job and learn to do it well
specialize
a person who is running for office in an election
candidate
a series of actions, such as running advertisements on television, displaying signs, making speeches, and talking with voters, taken with the goal of getting someone elected to office
campaign
a sheet of paper or some other method used to mark a secret vote
ballot
a person who offers to do something without pay
volunteer
a very tall steel-framed building
skyscraper
to travel back and forth between work and home
commute
the outward spread of urban areas
urban sprawl
anything that makes a natural resource dirty or unsafe to use
pollution
the number of people who live in an area of a certain size
population density
