Chapter 3 Vocabulary

2. the authority to represent someone else, especially in voting.
3. a surveying instrument with a rotating telescope for measuring horizontal and vertical angles.
6. A logogram is a symbol that represents a word or part of a word. Chinese is a great example of a logographic writing system.
9. the science or practice of drawing maps.
11. writing done in symbols like the chinese or some egyption
13. the operation or activity of two or more things at the same time or rate
15. rapid increase in numbers.
16. relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land.

1. the branch of science and technology concerned with the properties of metals and their production and purification.
4. thinking only of oneself, without regard for the feelings or desires of others; self-centered.
5. relating to the arrangement of the physical features of an area.
7. is the inevitable and necessary consequence of antecedent states of affairs.
8. occurring in cycles; recurrent.
10. a player of a musical instrument.
12. a confusing and difficult problem or question.
14. the action or process of maturing.