Unit 2 Chapter 5 NE Flashcards
(42 cards)
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 stoenis 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 senter where ships are unloaded
port
freedom
independence
an official statement
declaration
a major, sudden change in government or in peoples lives
revolution
a chart that records specific events over a period of time
time line
a period of ten year
decade
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 machine 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 regional formed when two or more metropolitan areas grow together
megalopolis
a record made by people who took apart 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 welll
specialize
