World Geography Semester Exam Review – Flashcards
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Earthquakes
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Shifting of the Earth's plates
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England
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Industrial Revolution began here
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North European Plain
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The largest region in eastern Europe
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Technology
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These advances have allowed people of the world to share ideas
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Glaciers
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The movement and melting of these are responsible for most of Canada's physical features.
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the European Union
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Member nations of this organization agreed to reduce trade barriers among European countries
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Portuguese
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The official language of Brazil
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Largest
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Russia is the world's largest country
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climate
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The average of weather conditions over a period of time.
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Immigrant
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a person who comes to a new country to live permanently
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NAFTA
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the free trade agreement between the United States, Mexico, and Canada
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Slavic
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The Asians who invaded eastern Europe and settled there.
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Hellenes
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The people from Greece
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Quebec
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The largest province in Canada
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Agribusiness
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Large-scale farming with machinery and chemicals
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mestizos
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People of Central America with both native and Spanish ancestors
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Amazon
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It carries more water than any other river in the world
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Rhine
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Germany's most important river
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Environment
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The natural world in which someone lives
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West
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The largest region of the United States
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Germanic tribes
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The ancestors of most Scandinavian people
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Pyrenees
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Mountains found in Spain
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United Nations
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They settle international disagreements
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Rio Bravo del Norte
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The river separating Mexico from the United States
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taiga
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The vast evergreen found in Siberia
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resource
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A thing of value, often used to do or make something
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archipelago
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a chain of islands
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Communism
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economic system in which the government owns most of the property and produces most of the goods
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Eurasia
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The largest piece of land in the world
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peninsula
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A piece of land surrounded on three sides by water
