Topic 10-11 Vocabulary

Group of Islands.

• Archipelago

• Assimilation

• Cordilleras

• Exploit

Process by which one group takes on the cultural traits of another

• Archipelago

• Assimilation

• Cordilleras

• Exploit

Chain of mountains

• Archipelago

• Assimilation

• Cordilleras

• Exploit

To take advantage of

• Archipelago

• Assimilation

• Cordilleras

• Exploit

Native to a region

• Indigenous

• Insurgency

• Oligarchy

• Peninsula

Rebellion

• Indigenous

• Insurgency

• Oligarchy

• Peninsula

Government in which a small group of people rule

• Indigenous

• Insurgency

• Oligarchy

• Peninsula

Area of land almost completely surrounded by water but connected to the mainland

• Indigenous

• Insurgency

• Oligarchy

• Peninsula

Theory that explains how huge blocks of Earth's crust called "plates" move

• Plate tectonics

• Reservoir

• Secular

• Surplus

Storage pool of water

• Plate tectonics

• Reservoir

• Secular

• Surplus