| A | B |
| Climate | Average weather of a place over many years. |
| Temperate | Moderate in terms of temperature. |
| Migration | Movement of people from one place to another. |
| Metropolitan Area | A single city or several cities close together |
| Population Density | Measure of the number of people per unit of land |
| Dissenter | Person who’s religious beliefs differ from the state’s religion |
| Plantation | Large commercial farm |
| Cash Crop | Crop grown mainly for export |
| Manifest Destiny | Idea that the United States should expand across the North American continent |
| Civil Rights Movement | Movement for African American equality |
| Adapt | To change according to the available resources or other existing conditions |
| Annex | Take control of |
| Vital | Important |
| Market Economy | Economy in which individual consumers and producers make all the economic decisions |
| Export | Good or service produced within a country and sold outside the country’s borders |
| Import | Good or service sold within a country that is produced in another country |
| Economic Region | Place where people do particular kinds of work |
| Diplomacy | Managing communication and relationships between countries |