Unit 6 Part 2 Vocab

Front

Farm product grown for sale, not local use.

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cash crop

Front

A large farm operated as a business for production and sale.

Back

Plantation

Front

Highland or mountainous area

Back

montane

Front

Layer of rainforest with shrubs, ferns, and mosses:

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understory

Front

Layer of rainforest where treetops host orchids, ferns, and mosses:

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canopy

Front

To split or separate, as South Sudan did from Sudan.

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secede

Front

A thing that receives attention before others.

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priority

Front

Alternative to petroleum from organic materials

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biofuel

Front

Area of land draining into a river and its tributaries

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Basin

Front

Area of ocean partly surrounded by land

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gulf