Iridiann Bolaos

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Geography of Panama and Global Tourism
Profe. Teresa Wong
May 26th, 2016

Vocabulary Homework #3
1. AD: It is the country code top-level domain for Andorra.
2. BC: before Christ often printed in small capitals and often punctuated.
3. Century: a period of 100 years counted from the beginning of the Christian era.
4. decade: a period of 10 years; especially : a 10-year period beginning with a year ending
in 0.
5. Era: a fixed point in time from which a series of years is reckoned.
6. Millennium: a period of a thousand years counted from the beginning of the Christian
era.
7. Climate: the usual weather conditions in a particular place or region.
8. geography: an area of study that deals with the location of countries, cities, rivers,
mountains, lakes, etc.
8. Physical features:
the branch of geography concerned withnatural features and phenomena of theearth's surf
ace, as landforms, drainagefeatures, climates, soils, and vegetation.
9. Region: a part of a country, of the world, etc., that is different or separate from other
parts in some way.
10. Resources: something that a country has and can use to increase its wealth.
11. Anthropology: the study of human races, origins, societies, and cultures.
12. Archaeology: a science that deals with past human life and activities by studying the
bones, tools, etc., of ancient people.
13. Citizen: a person who legally belongs to a country and has the rights and protection of
that country.
14. Civilization: the condition that exists when people have developed effective ways of
organizing a society and care about art, science, etc.
15.Culture: a way of thinking, behaving, or working that exists in a place or
organization; the beliefs, customs, arts, etc., of a particular society, group, place, or time.
16. Custom: an action or way of behaving that is usual and traditional among the people
in a particular group or place.
17.Economics: a science concerned with the process or system by which goods and
services are produced, sold, and bought.
18. Economy: the process or system by which goods and services are produced, sold,
and bought in a country or region.
19. Government: the group of people who control and make decisions for a country, state,
etc.
20. History: past events that relate to a particular subject, place, organization, etc.

21. Politics: activities that relate to influencing the actions and policies of a government or
getting and keeping power in a government.
22. Religion: the belief in a god or in a group of gods.
23.Society: people in general thought of as living together in organized communities with
shared laws, traditions, and values.
24.Trade: the activity or process of buying, selling, or exchanging goods or services.