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Ch. 14-17 Vocab
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Term | Definition |
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Cultural Diffusion | The process by which people adopt the practices of their neighbors |
Renaissance | The revival of artm literature, and learning that took place in Europe during the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries |
Industrial Revolution | The shift form human power to machine power |
Summit | The highest point of a mountain or similar elevation |
Prevailing Westerlies | The constant flow of air from west tot east in the temperate 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 rocky material containing a valuable metal |
Tertiary Economic Activity | An economic activity in which people do not directly gather or process raw materials but pursue activities that serve others servive industry |
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 |
Fjord | A narrow valley or inlet form the sea, originally carved out by an advancing glacier and filled by melting glacial ice |
Geothermal Energy | Energy produced from the earth's intense interior heat |
Mixed Economy | A system ocmbining different degrees of government regulation |
Peat | Spongy material containing waterlogged and decaying mosses and plants, sometimes dried and used as fuel |
Cultural Divergance | The contact and interaction of one cilture with another |
Blight | A plant disease |
Dialect | A variation of a spoken language that is unique to a region or community |
Impression | A style of art where painters try to catch visul impressions made by color, light, and shadows |
Nationalize | To bring a busingess under state control |
Recession | An extended decline in business activity |
Confederation | A system of government in which indicidial political units keep their sovereignty but give limited powe to a central govenment |
Reparation | Money paid for war damages |
Inflation | A sharp, widespread rise in prices |
Lignite | A soft, brownish-black coal |
Dike | An embarkment of earth and rock built to hold back water |
Polder | An area of low-lying land that has been reclaimed from the sea |
Decetralize | To transfer government power to smaller regions |
Canton | A political division or state; one pf the states in Switzerland |
Neutral | Not taking sides in a war |
Perishable 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 ship |
Dry farming | A farming technique that leaves land unplanted every few years in order to gather moisture |
Sirocco | A hot, dry wind from nothern AFrica |
Hub | A central point of concerntrated activity and influence |
Seismic activity | Earthquakes and volcaninc activity |
Subsidence | A geological phenomenon in which the ground in an area sinks |
Renaissance | The revival of art, literature, and learning that took place in Europe during the fourteenth, fithteenth, and sixteenth centuries |
Grabben | A long narrow are that has dropped between two faults |
Inhabitable | Able to support permanent residents |
Tsunami | A huge wave caused primarilly by a disturbance beneath the ocean such as an earthquake or a volcanic eruption |