1.  2 nd Semester Geography Vocabulary

2. Barter  To Trade

3. Polar region  Area that receives little to no direct sunlight

4. Immigration  Two enter and settle in a country or region. Going to a country, arriving.

5. Emigration  To leave one country or region to settle and another. Leaving it, to exit.

6. Culture  Everything is group thanks, makes, and does.

7. Urban  Many people, like in a city.

8. Province  One of 10 political units that Witch make up Canada.

9. Ecumen  A region that people can live in permanently.

10. Colonialism  When one country claims another piece of land as their own.

11. Glaciers  Large moving masses of ice.

12. Brain Drain  When the most talented people of a country emigrate for another country.

13. Tundra  Polar climate and vegetation region with few large plants.

14. Continental climate  Climate region far from the ocean that has a wide range of temperatures.

15. NAFTA  A trade agreement between the US, Mexico and Canada.  North American Free Trade Agreement

16. Ecosystem  Region with certain plants and animals.

17. Watershed  Region of water that drains to a certain body of water.

18. Pull  Reasons for immigration.

19. Push  Reasons for emigration.

20. Cultural diffusion  Spreading cultural features from one place to another.

21. Dictator  Leader of a country that rules with absolute power.

22. Deciduous trees  Trees to drop their leaves in the fall.

23. Coniferous trees  Evergreen trees with needlelike leaves.

24. Marine climate  Climate region close to an ocean that has little change in temperature.

25. Commercial farming  Growing farm products to sell to others.

26. Forestry  Planting, growing, and harvesting of trees.

27. Plural society  A region with people from many different places.

28. Rural  Region with a few people, like in the country.

29. Indigenous  People who are native to a region before colonialism.

30. Point pollution  Pollution from a single source.

31. Non-source point pollution  Pollution from many different sources.

32. Invasive species  Non-native plants and animals that invade an ecosystem.

33. Refugee  Person who has to leave their home due to some bad situation.

34. Persecution  Targeting a person/group because of the religion, skin color, etc…

35. Genocide  Trying to totally kill a group of people.

36. Empire  A large region totally controlled by a group.

37. Habitat  Natural environment in which a plant or animal lives.

38. Runoff  Water not absorbed by the soil.