Unit 6 Vocab Quiz

a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia

• tsunami

• archipelago

• whirlpool

• monsoon

an economy that allows for both public and private ownership of businesses

• mixed economy

• command economy

• market economy

• free enterprise economy

a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake

• monsoon

• tsunami

• typhoon

• tropical paradise

a political division made up of a city and surrounding area

• region

• city-state

• country

• continent

a place with many layers of history that evolves through design and use over time

• origin

• landmark

• timeline

• cultural landscape

a chain of islands

• archipelago

• peninsula

• cluster

• basin

centralized governmental which controls of all aspects of society through the suppression of rights and propaganda

• democracy

• totalitarian

• monarchy

• oligarchy

an area where large numbers of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean

• Bermuda Triangle

• Pacific Realm

• Ring of Fire

• Arctic Circle

 the growing connectedness of different regions of the world resulting in the spread of culture, ideas, disease, goods, and technologies

• cultural diffusion

• globalization

• assimilation

• intrusion