Chapter 14-17 Vocabulary Test Questions – Flashcards
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1. cultural diffusion
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the process by which people adopt the practices of their neighbors.
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2. industrial revolution
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the shift from human power to machine power
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3. summit
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the highest point of a mountain or similar elevation
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4. prevailing westerlies
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the constant flow of air from west to east in the temperate zones of the earth.
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5. euro
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the common currency used by member nations of the European
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6. compulsory
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required
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7. fertile
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able to produce abundantly
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8. ore
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a rocky material containing a valuable mineral
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9. tertiary economic activity
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an economic activity in which people do not directly gather or process raw materials but pursue activities that serve other; service industry
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10. moor
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broad, treeless, rolling land, often poorly drained and having patches of marsh and peat bog
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11. bog
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an area of wet, spongy groun
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12. glen
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a narrow valley
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13. peat
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spongy material containing waterlogged and decaying mosses and plants, sometimes dried and use as fuel.
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14. cultural divergence
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the restriction of a culture from outside influences
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15. blight
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a plant disease.
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16. fjord
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a narrow valley or inlet from the sea, originally carved out by an advancing glacier and filled by an advancing glacier and fille bt melting glacial ice
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17. geothermal energy
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energy produced from the earth's intense interior heat
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18.mixed economy
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a system combining different degrees of government regulation.
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19. dialect
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a variation of a spoken language that is unique to a region or community
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20. impressionism
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a style of art where painters try to catch visual impressions mad by color light, and shadows
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21. recession
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an extended decline in business activity
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22. confederation
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a system of government in which individual political units keep their sovereignty but give limited power to a central government
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23. reparation
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money paid for war damages
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24. inflation
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a sharp, widespread rise in prices
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25. lignite
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A SOFT, brownish-black coal
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26. dike
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an embankment of earth and rock built to hold back water
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27. polder
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an area of low-lying land that has been reclaimed from the sea
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28. decentralize
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to transfer government power to smaller regions
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canton
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a political division or sate; one of the states in switzerland
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neutral
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not taking sides in a war
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perishable good
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a product that does not stay fresh for long
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strip mining
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the process whereby miners strip away the surface of the earth to lay bare the mineral deposits
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nationalize
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to bring a business under state conrtol
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navigable
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deep and wide enough to allow the passage of ships
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dry farming
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a farming technique that leaves land planted every few years n order to gather moisture
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sirocco
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a hot,dry wind from northern africa
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hub
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a central point of concentrated activity and influence
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seismic activity
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earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
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subsidence
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a geological phenomenon in which the ground in an area sinks
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renaissance
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the revival of art, literature, and learning that took place in Europe during the fourteenth,fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries
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graben
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a long, narrow area that has dropped between two faults
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inhabitable
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able to support permanent residents
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tsunami
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a huge wave caused primarily by a disturbance beneath the ocean, such as and earthquake or a volcanic eruption.
