| A | B |
|---|
| literacy | percentage of people who are able to read and write |
| expropriate | to take over the property of another |
| archipelago | a group or chain of islands |
| isthmus | a small strip of land that connects two larger land areas |
| inflation | a decline in the value of money combined with increasing costs |
| mestizo | a person of mixed European and American Indian ancestry |
| basin | a broad, flat valley that has mountains all around it |
| metropolitan | the area including all the cities and towns nearby a major city |
| industry | manufacturing or making of goods |
| equinox | sun's rays directly overhead at the equator making 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night |
| solstice | marks the farthest advance of the overhead sun north and south of the equator |
| navigable | means able to pass through(ie ship pass through a river) |
| renewable | something that can be replaced once it has been used |
| glacial till | soil and silt left by glacial ice as they melted |
| bilingual | able to speak two languages |
| tundra | area north of the treeline where only a few plants can grow |
| foreign policy | the decisions a country makes about how it will work with other nations |
| prairie | a large area of level or rolling land that is covered by tall grass and has fertile soil |
