| A | B |
| Acid Rain | Chemicals from air pollution that combine with precipitation. |
| Adapt | Change |
| Annex | Declare ownership of an area. |
| Ban | Legally block. |
| Bilingual | Accepting two official languages; able to speak two languages. |
| Biotechnology | Study of cells to find ways of improving health. |
| Constrain | Limit. |
| Contiguous | Joined together inside a common boundary. |
| Core | Basic or fundamental. |
| Diverse | Varied. |
| Economy | Way of producing goods. |
| Evolve | Develop. |
| Generate | Make. |
| Indigenous | People descended from an area's first inhabitants. |
| Media | Types of communication such as the Internet, television, and radio. |
| Navigable | Referring to a body of water wide and deep enough for ships to use. |
| Regime | Government. |
| Restore | Return; to put or bring back into existence or use. |
| Restrict | To limit. |
| Route | A journey. |
| Suburb | Smaller community just outside a large city. |
| Terrorism | Violence used against the people or government in the hopes of winning political goals. |