Chapter 8. Ls 1-3 Vocab

Question 0

basin

Answer 0

An area into which a river and its tributaries drain.

Question 1

tributary

Answer 1

A small river that flows into a larger river.

Question 2

rainforest

Answer 2

Dense stand of trees and other growth that receive high amounts of
precipitation.

Question 3

canopy

Answer 3

Umbrella like covering formed by the tops of trees in a rainforest.

Question 4

plateau

Answer 4

An area of high, flatland.

Question 5

escarpment

Answer 5

Steep diff at the edge of a plateau with a lowland area below.

Question 6

pompas

Answer 6

Treeless grassland.

Question 7

Tropics

Answer 7

An area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropics of Capricorn, which has generally warm temperatures because it receives the direct rays of the Sun for much of the year.

Question 8

temperate zone

Answer 8

An area between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle. The Tropic of Cancer and the Antarctic Circle.

Question 9

indigenous

Answer 9

Living or existing in a particular place.

Question 10

slash-and-burn

Answer 10

A method that uses farming in forests that involves farming in forests and burning underbrush.

Question 11

emancipate

Answer 11

To free.

Question 12

compulsory

Answer 12

Citizens have no choice in vote.

Question 13

hinterland

Answer 13

An island area that is remote from the urban areas of a country.

Question 14

metropolitan area

Answer 14

Having to do with a large city.

Question 15

central city

Answer 15

The densely populated of a metropolitan area.

Question 16

favela

Answer 16

Overcrowded city sum in Brazil.

Question 17

coalition government

Answer 17

Political parties help to do the work of Government