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Hayden-Chapter 14-16 vocabulary

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Sequent Occupance   Settlement by successive groups each creating a distinct cultural landscape  
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Famine   A widespread shortage of food  
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Constitutional Monarchy   Type of government with a king or queen as head of state and a parliment as the legislative branch  
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Nationalized   Organizations or businesses are owned and operated by the government  
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Primate City   City that ranks first and dominates a country in terms of population and economy  
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European Union   Group of European countries committed to close cooperation in finance, trade, political and social issues  
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Cosmopolitan   Having many foreign influences  
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Geysers   Hot springs that shoot water into the air  
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Socialism   A system in which the government owns and controls the means of producing goods  
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Balance of Power   Condition when alliances or countries have such equal levels of strength that war is prevented  
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Alliances   Agreements between countries to support one another against enemies  
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Confederation   A group of states joined together for a common purpose  
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Cantons   Largely self-governing states within a country such as Switzerland  
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Neutral   Characterized by not taking sides in conflicts  
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Multilingual   Able to speak 2 or more languages  
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Exclave   An area separated from the rest of a country by the territory of another country  
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Ghetto   Section of a city where a minority group is forced to live  
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Complementary Region   A region created by the combination of 2 areas with different strengths that benefit each other  
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Autonomy   Self-government  
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Cork   Bark that is stripped from the trunks of cork oaks  
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Microstates   Very small countries, like Andorra, Monaco, and San Marino  
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City-states   Self-governing cities and their surrounding areas, as in ancient Greece  
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Enclave   Areas that are completely surrounded by another region  
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