Gr. 9 Geo Vocab - Group 5

Expressed or written in the native language of a place, as literary works.

High, wispy, or strand-like, thin cloud.

The total number of living organisms, both plant and animal, in a given area.

The solid rock which usually lies beneath the soil.

Affecting many persons at the same time, and spreading from person to person in a locality where the disease is not permanently prevalent.

The return movement of seawater off the beach after a wave has broken.

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

A type of dam built across a wide stretch of water.

A pilgrimage to Mecca, which every adult Muslim is supposed to make at least once in their lifetime: the fifth of the Pillars of Islam.

A wall built at right angles to a beach in order to reduce sand loss.

When something happens that is the opposite of what you expected.

The audience or reader knows what is going to happen before the protagonist.

A holy war undertaken as a sacred duty by Muslims; Any vigorous, emotional crusade for an idea or principle.

In poetry, a phrase or clause is repeated to show importance.

The overall tone created within a written work.

Uses the word "like" or "as" to compare something.

A spiritual leader of Islam, claiming succession from Muhammad.

Memory devices for temporarily storing data.

The water flowing in a stream which is fed only by groundwater.

Repeated vowel or consonant sounds either in the middle or end of a line of poetry.

Any absolute ruler or despot.

Compares two things without using 'like' or 'as', saying 'was a' instead.

An international scale of wind velocities.

An unsorted mass of debris dragged along by a glacier.

An honorary title conferred on Hindus in India.

Rock fragments cemented together by a matrix of finer material.

Map on which thematic inforrmation can be placed.

The repeated sound of a vowel in poetry.

A member of any group of loyal guards, soldiers, or supporters, mainly from the Turkish Army.

A system of agriculture in which there are no permanent fields.

A large body of igneous material intruded into the Earth's crust.

The main idea within a story.

A expansive region of plains in Africa known for drastic dryness and rainfall.

The solidified material which seals the vent of a volcano.

When a secondary plot exists in a story.

A level or almost level area of land used for grazing of livestock or growing of crops.

Rapid depletion of plant life and the loss of topsoil at desert boundaries and in semiarid regions, caused mostly by a combination of drought and deforestation and unsustainable agriculture exacerbated by climate change.

The opposite of the protagonist in a story.

A region that has been eroded until it is almost level.

The increase in population due to the differences between birth rate and death rate.