World History Vocab Mercha.-Gulf

Front 1

practice, methods, or spirit of merchants

Back 1

merchantalism

Front 2

specific fundamental set of beliefs

Back 2

religion

Front 3

time if great revival from the 14th century to 17c.

Back 3

renaissance

Front 4

area of land drained by a given rivier and it branches; area of land surrounded by lands of higher elevations

Back 4

basin

Front 5

part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline

Back 5

bay

Front 6

deep narrow valley with steep walls

Back 6

canyon

Front 7

point of land surrounded by a body of water

Back 7

cape

Front 8

deep narrow body of water that connects 2 larger bodies of water; deep part of a river or other waterway

Back 8

channel

Front 9

steep, highwall of rock, earth, or ice

Back 9

cliff

Front 10

1 of the 7 large landmasses on the earth

Back 10

continent

Front 11

characteristic that humans have created in a place such as language, religion, and history

Back 11

cultural feature

Front 12

land built up from soil carried down stream by a river and deposited at its mouth

Back 12

delta

Front 13

stretch og high land thst seperates river basins

Back 13

divide

Front 14

direction in which a river or stream flows from it source to it mouth

Back 14

downstream

Front 15

height of land above sea level

Back 15

elevation

Front 16

imaginary line that runs around the earth halfway between the North and South poles

Back 16

equator

Front 17

sphere-shaped model of the earth

Back 17

globe

Front 18

part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, larger than a basin

Back 18

gulf