6 Core Vocabulary

the height of an area above sea level; also known as elevation

• elevation

• altitude

• canopy

• estuary

an addition to a legal document or law

• default

• coniferious

• amendment

• innovation

group of islands

• archipelago

• altitude

• colonies

• isthmus

umbrella like covering formed by the tops of trees in a rain forest

• externality

• decidous

• canopy

• default

overseas settlements tied to a parent country

• ethnic group

• colonies

• amendment

• estuary

evergreen trees that have their seeds in cones

• altitude

• innovation

• indigenous

• coniferous

the shared aspects that define a group of people (language, religion, social groups, history, daily life, arts, government and economy)

• default

• cultural characteristics

• escarpment

• industrialization

process of spreading ideas, languages, and customs from one culture to another

• cultural diffusion

• deciduous

• default

• maize

trees that loose their leaves in the fall

• plague

• peninsula

• coniferous

• deciduous

failure to make debt payments that are due to a lender

• default

• amendment

• cultural diffusion

• externality