GLOSSARY UNIT 10 GEOGRAPHY

-CEREALS: grasses grown for the edible components of their grain, such as rice and wheat.

-MORTGAGE: a loan to finance the purchase of private residential or commercial property.

-SPECULATION: investment in stocks, property of other assets in the hope of gain, but with the risk of loss.

-CROP: a cultivated plant to be harvested as food, animal fodder, fuel or for any other economic purpose.

-AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE: a landscape that has been transformed by people to cultivate crops and/or rear livestock.

-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.

-LARGE-SCALE TOURISM: travel and accommodation offered to large groups at affordable prices by tour operators.

-TOUR OPERATORS: a company that combines tour and travel components to cater for large-scale tourism.

-HIGH-SPEED RAIL: a type of rail transport involving high-speed trains.

-PEAK SEASON: the season in whichtravel is most active and rates are highest.

-OFF-PEAK SEASON: the season in which travel is less active and rates are lower.

-RECESSION: a business cycle contraction; a general slowdown in economic activity.