St. Lawrence Seaway
North America’s most important deepwater ship route, connecting the great lakes to the Atlantic Ocean through the st. Lawrence river.
Glossary
Standard of living
Standard of living: the quality of life in a country, usually measured by income, possessions, and levels of health care and education.
Staple crop or food
Staple crop or food: a crop that provides the main food of a region, such as rice, potatoes, or wheat.
State
A political term describing an independent unit that occupies a specific territory and has full control of its internal and external affairs.
Stateless nation
It is a nation of people who do not have a territory to occupy legally, like the Palestinians, Kurds, and Basques.
Stateless society
People use lineages or families whose members are descended from a common ancestor to govern themselves.
Steppe
Steppe: vast grass-covered plains that stretch from eastern Europe across central Asia.
Stock exchange
Stock exchange: an international market for buying and selling the stocks or shares of a public company.
Stolen generation
In Australia, what aboriginal people today call the 100,000 mixed-raced children were taken by the government and given to white families to promote assimilation.
Storm surge
High water level brought by a cyclone that swamps low-lying areas.
Strategic commodity
A resource is so important that nations will go to war to ensure its steady supply.