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50 Cards in this Set
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Plaza |
Public Square where people gather |
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Surplus |
More the need needed to survive |
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Conquistadors |
Soldiers or explore in Mexico |
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Countries border Mexico |
US and Mexico |
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Colonialism |
Or nation takes control of an area and controls it |
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Staple |
Foods that are eaten regularly |
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Megacity |
A very large city |
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Benefit |
To help |
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Colima |
The most active volcano in Mexico |
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Isthmus |
A small piece of land that can next to countries |
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Jade |
A green semi precious stone |
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Maya |
Mexico's founding culture |
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Death rate |
The rate at which people die |
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Birth rate |
The rate at which people are born |
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Doubling time |
The number of years it takes a pop to double in size |
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Population distribution |
Where people live on the earth |
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Population density |
The average number of people to live in a square mile |
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Urban |
(City) area densely populated |
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Rural |
(Country) area that is scarcely populated |
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Emigrate |
The exit a country to live in another place |
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Immigrate |
To come to another country to live |
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Refugee |
People that immigrated from another country |
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Urbanization |
When cities grew larger into surrounding areas |
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Megalopolis |
A cluster of cities |
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Culture |
Set of beliefs behaviors and traits of a group |
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Ethnic group |
Group of people with a common race or background |
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Dialect |
Regional way of talking |
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Globalization |
How cultures and nations mix in a society |
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Locks |
A gated passageway used to raise lower boats in a waterway |
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Tributary |
A small river that flows into a larger river |
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Levee |
Embankments to control the flooding and reduce the damage to homes and crops |
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Continental divide |
An imaginary line through the Rocky Mountains that separates river that flows east and west |
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Parallel |
Running side-by-side with something |
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Timberline |
Elevation above that which it is too cold for trees to grow |
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Ethanol |
A liquid fuel made from plants |
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National Park |
Large areas of great natural beauty |
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Create |
To make |
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Chinook |
Dry winter wind |
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Isolate |
To make separate from others |
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Indigenous |
The people who are believed to be the first people to settle in an area |
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Nomadic |
Always on the move |
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Colonists |
People who are sent to live in a new place and claim land for their home country |
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Manifest destiny |
The idea that the US should stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific ocean |
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Annex |
Take control of a country |
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Secede |
Leave a group or country |
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Reservation |
Areas of land set aside for Native Americans |
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Agriculture |
Growing crops and raising livestock to sell |
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Industry |
Manufacturing; making products to sell |
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Civil rights |
Basic rights that belong to all the citizens |
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Terrorism |
The use of violence against civilians by individuals or groups to reach political goals |
