North American vocabulary

The process of establishing control over indigenous people in an area.

• trade

• colonization

• columbian exchange

• immigration

the action of buying and selling goods and services.

• immigration

• cultural diffusion

• trade

• agricultural

The science of farming including cultivating soil for the growing of crops.

• immigration

• cultural diffusion

• agriculture

• colonization

Refers to a period of cultural and biological exchanges between the old and new world.

• Columbian Exchange

• immigration

• cultural diffusion

• agricultural

the action of coming to live permantely in a foreign country.

• Columbian Exchange

• trade

• colonization

• immigration

The speard of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another.

• culture diffusion

• agriculture

• Columbian Exchange

• immigration

A narrow strip of land with sea on either sea.

• isthmus

• biome

• mining

• reefs

A formation of plants and animals that had common characeristics.

• tundra

• biome

• plains

• desert

The process of obtaining coal or other minerals from a mine.

• region

• reefs

• mining

• physical features

A ridge of jagged rock just below the sea.

• plains

• reefs

• biome

• isthmus