Ch 6 - SS Vocab (gr 5)

a storm with heavy rain and high winds that develops over the ocean and often moves toward land

• savannah

• hurricane

• stripmine

• delta

a stream that flows through a swamp area

• swamp

• delta

• bayou

• savannah

the separation of people because of race, religion, or gender

• plantation

• mineral

• petroleum

• segregation

a place where minerals are scraped at the ground

• savannah

• bayou

• stripmine

• plantation

a thick, black liquid found underground that can be refined into oil or gasoline

• plantation

• strip mine

• petroleum

• mineral

a natural material found in rock

• petroleum

• mineral

• strip mine

• swamp

a low part of land that is covered by water at least part of the year

• swamp

• bayou

• strip mine

• delta

a triangle shaped area of land at the end of the river

• swamp

• bayou

• savannah

• delta

a large farm, usually worked by many laborers

• savannah

• bayou

• petroleum

• plantation

a flat grassland

• savannah

• swamp

• bayou

• delta