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Ch. 14-17
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cultural diffusion | the process by which people adopt the practices of their neighbors |
| renaissance | the revival of art, literature and learning that took place in europe |
| industrial revolution | the shift from human power to machine power |
| summit | the highest point of a mountain or similar elevation |
| prevailing westerlies | the constant flow of air from west to east in the temperature zones of the earth |
| euro | the common currency used by member nations of the European union |
| compulsory | required |
| fertile | able to produce abundantly |
| ore | a rock material containing a valuable mineral |
| tertiary economic activity | an economic acctivity in which people do not directly gather or proccess raw materials but pursue activities that serve others |
| moor | broad treeless rolling land often poorly drained and having patches of marsh and peat bog |
| bog | an area of wet spongy ground |
| glen | a narrow valley |
| peat | spongy material containing water logged and decaying mosses and plants sometimes dried and used as fuel |
| cultural | the way of life that distinguishes a people |
| blight | a plant disease |
| fjord | A narrow valley or inlet from the sea |
| geothermal energy | energy produced from the earth's intense interior. |
| mixed economy | a system combining different degrees of government regulation |
| Dilect | A variation of a spoken language that is unique to a region or community |
| Impressionism | A style of art where where painters try to catch visual impression made by color, liht, and shadows |
| nationalize | To bring business under state control |
| recession | An extended decline in business activity. |
| Confederation | a system of government in which individual political units keep their sovereighty but give limited power to a cetral government |
| Reparation | money paid for for war damages. |
| Inflation | A sharp widespread rise in price |
| Lignite | A soft brownish-black coal |
| Dike | An embankment of earth and rock built to hold back water |
| Polder | an area of low-lying land that has been reclaimed |
| Decentralize | to transfer government power to smaller regions |
| Canton | a political division or state; one of the states in witzerland |
| Neutral | a material in the natural environment that people value and use satisfy their needs |
| Parishale Good | a product that does not stay fresh for long. |
| Strip mining | The process whereby miners strip away the surface of the earth to lay bare the mineral deposits. |
| Navigable | Deep and wide enough to allow the passage of ships |
| Dry Farming | A farming technique that leaves land unplanted every few years in order to gather moiture |
| Sirocco | A hot, dry wind from northern Africa. |
| Hub | A central point of concentrated activity and influence |
| Seismic | Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions |
| Subsidence | A geological phenomenon in which the ground in areas sink |
| Graben | A long, narrow area that has dropped between two faults. |
| Inhabitable | Able to support permanent residents |
| Tsunami | A huge wave caused caused primarily by a disturbance beneath the ocean, such as an earthquake or volcanic eruption. |
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