Words of the Week #29, 30, 31

the way a country develops, distributes, and uses its money, goods, and services

• economy

• staple

• population

• government

basic food that is always produced and sold

• staple

• rice

• rice paddy

• wheat

the business of farming

• agriculture

• government

• civilization

• river valley

a rice field

• rice paddy

• land

• agriculture

• delta

something that is made by a natural process

• product

• supply

• rice paddy

• agriculture

imaginary boundary where each new calendar day begins

• International Date lIne

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Arctic Circle

regions in which the same time is used

• Standard Time Zone

• DaylIght Saving Time

• population

• agriculture

setting clocks ahead one hour

• Daylight Saving Time

• Standard Time Zone

• Eastern Time Zone

• International Date Line

groups of people sharing the same culture

• ethnic

• borough

• city

• diverse

five political divisions of New York City

• borough

• city

• diverse

• ethnic