SS Vocab Words - 10/24/2024

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Amazon Rainforest

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The Amazon rainforest,^[a] also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km² (2,700,000 sq mi),^[2] of which 6,000,000 km² (2,300,000 sq mi) are covered by the rainforest.^[3] This region includes territory belonging to nine nations and 3,344 indigenous territories.

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

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Interest Group

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A group of persons having a common identifying interest that often provides a basis for action

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Brazil

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Country extending from north of the Equator to south of the Tropic of Capricorn in eastern South America, the continent's largest and most populous nation; a federal republic; capital Brasília area 3,287,957 square miles (8,515,770 square kilometers), population 208,847,000

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Deforestation

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The action or process of clearing of forests

also : the state of having been cleared of forests

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Transportation Barrier

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Transportation barriers (3) included distance, cost of transit, lack of transit. Barriers to participation in care identified: Distance from provider (44 %) Cost of transit (28 %) Lack of access to transit (10 %)

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Transportation Corridor

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A transport corridor is a generally linear area that is defined by one or more modes of transportation crossing the limits of more than one city or county like highways, railroads or public transit which share a common destination. Development often occurs around transportation corridors because they carry so many