COUNTRY VOCABULARY

EXPLORATION

• The action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it

EXPEDITION

• A journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose

COMPASS

• An instrument containing a magnetized pointer that shows the direction of magnetic north and bearing from it

LONGITUDE

• The angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes

LATITUDE

• The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth’s equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes

MERIDIANS

• A circle of constant longitude passing through a given place on the earth’s surface and the terrestrial poles

GEOGRAPHY

• The study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these, including the distribution of populations and resources, land use, and industries

CLIMATE

• The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period

BIODIVERSITY

• The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem

LANDFORM

• A natural feature of the earth’s suface

ALTITUDE

• The height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level

TOPOGRAPHY

• The arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area

EXPORT

• Send goods or services to another country for sale

INTERDEPENDENCE

• The dependence of two or more people or things on each other

IMPORT

• Bring goods or services into a country from abroad for sale

HIDDEN COSTS

• Expense not normally included in the purchase price of an equipment or machine, such as for maintenance, supplies, training, and upgrades

MIGRATION

• Movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions

INDUSTRY

• Economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories

NATURAL RESOURCES

• Natural resource may exist as a separate entity such as fresh water, air, and as well as a living organism such as a fish, or it may exist In an alternative form that must be processed to obtain the resource such as metal ores, rare earth metals, petroleum, and most forms of energy

ECONOMY

• A system for allocating resources to meet people’s needs and wants
• It determines how goods and services are made and exchanged

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