Term | Definition |
cultural diffusion | the process by witch people adopt the practice of their neighbors |
renaissance | the revival of art literature and learning that took place in Europe during the fourteenth fifteenth and sixteenth centuries |
industrial revolution | the shift from human power to machine power |
summit | the highest point of a mountain or similar elevation |
prevailling westerlies | the constant flow of air from the east to the temperate zones of the earth |
euro | the common currency used by member nation of the European union |
compulsory | required |
fertile | able to produce abundantly |
ore | a rocky material containing a valuable mineral |
tertiary economic activity | an economic activity in which people do not directly gather or process raw materials but pursue |
moor | broad, treeless rolling land |
bog | Wet muddy ground too soft to support a heavy body |
glen | A narrow valley |
peat | A brown, soil-like material characteristic of boggy, acid ground, consisting of partly decomposed vegetable matter. It is widely cut and dried for use in gardening and as fuel |
cultural | relating to the ideas, customs, and social behavior of a society |
blight | a plant disease |
fjord | A long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, as in Norway and Iceland, typically formed by submergence of a glaciated valley |
geothermal energy | energy produced from the heat of the earth's interior |
mixed econmy | systems combining different degrees of government regulation |
dialect | variations of a language hat are unique to a region or community |
imressionism | leader in a style of painting |
nationalize | brought under state control, some businesses considered vital to national interests |
recession | an extended decline in business activity |
confederation | loose political union |
reparation | money for war damages |
inflation | sharply rising prices, ruined the value of Germany's currency |
lignite | a soft brown coal |
dike | embankments of earths rock to hold back water |
polder | land reclaimed from the sea |
decentralize | transfer power to smaller regions |
canton | states |
neutral | not taking sides |
perishable good | does not stay fresh for long |
strip mining | the mining of ore or coal from an open mine |
navigable | deep and wide enough to allow the passage of ships |
dry framing | a farming technique that leaves land unplanned every few years in order to gather moisture |
sirocco | a hot fry wind form the northern africa |
hub | a central pint of concentrated activity and influence |
seismic activity | earthquakes and volcanic eruptions |
subsidence | a geological phenomenon in which the ground in an area sinks |
graben | a long narrow area that has dropped between two faults |
inhabitable | able to support permanent residents |
tsunmai | a huge wave caused primarily by a disturbance beneath the ocean such as an earthquake or a volcanic eruption |