vocabulary Flashcards
Rivers deep enough and wide enough for ships to use
Navigable
A large city together with its suburbs
Metropolitan area
A factory that uses machines to weave cloth
Textile Mill
Growth of cities
Urban growth
An urban region formed when two or more metropolitan areas grow together
Megalopolis
Official statement of independence
Declaration
A major, sudden change in government or in people’s lives
Revolution
A period of time where machines allowed people to make more goods faster
Industrial Revolution
People living in colonies
Colonists
A trading center where goods are put into and taken off ships
Port
A group of governments that work together
Confederation
Snowstorms with strong winds
Blizzard
A huge, slow-moving mass of ice
Glacier
A protected area of water where ships can dock safely
Harbor
A large open pit cut into the ground from which stone is mined
Quarry
