Social Science, GLOSSARY UNIT 10

CEREALS: grasses grown for the edible components of their grain.

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

SPECULATION: investments in stock, property or 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 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 practices that define who are as the individuals, as communities, as nations or cultures.

DOMESTIC TOURISM: tourism in which tourists do not leave their out country.

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

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

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

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

PEAK SEASON: time of the year during which demand of tourism is highest.

OFF-PEAK SEASON: time of the year during which demand of tourism is lowest.

RECESSION: a temporary depression in economic activity or prosperity.