GEOGRAPHY? WHAT'S THAT? UNIT 10

• AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE: a landscape that has been transformed by people to cultivate crops and/or rear livestock.
• CEREALS: grasses grown for the edible components of their grain.
• CROP: a cultivated plant to be harvested as food, animal fodder, fuel or for any other economic purpose.
• CULTURAL HERITAGE: the things, places and practices that define who we are as individuals, as communities, as nations or cultures.
• DOMESTIC TOURISM: tourism in which tourists do not leave their own country.
• HIGH-SPEED-RAIL: a type of rail transport involving high-speed trains.
• LARGE-SCALE TOURISM: travel and accommodation offered to large groups at affordable prices by tour operators.
• MORTGAGE: a loan to finance the purchase of private residential or commercial property.
• OFF-PEAK SEASON: the less busy annual period.
• PEAK SEASON: the busiest annual period.
• RECESSION: a business cycle contraction/ a general slowdown in economy activity.
• SPECULATION: investment in stocks, property or other assets in the hope of gain, but with the risk of loss.
• TOUR OPERATORS: a company that combines tour and travel components to cater for large-scale tourism.