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Chapter 14, 15 and 16 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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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 during the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries. |
Industrial revolution | The shift from human power to machine power. |
Summits | The highest point of mountain or similar elevation. |
Prevailing westerlies | The constant flow of air from west to 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 abundant crops. |
Ore | Rocky material containing a valuable mineral. |
Tertiary economic activities | Service industries such as finance, insurance, and tourism. |
Moor | Broad treeless rolling plains. |
Bogs | Areas of wet spongy ground. |
Glen | Is a narrow valley. |
Peat | A spongy material containing waterlogged mosses and plants. |
Cultural divergence | Deliberate efforts to keep the cultures separate. |
Blight | A plant disease that kills year after year. |
Fjords | A narrow valley or inlet from the sea. |
Geothermal energy | Energy produced from the heat of the earth's interior. |
Mixed economies | Systems combined different degrees of government regulation. |
Dialects | Variations of a language that are unique to a region or community. |
Impressionism | A style of art where painters try to catch visual impressions made by color, light, and shadows. |
Nationalized | Brought under state control, some business considered vital to national interests. |
Recession | An extended decline in business activity. |
Confederation | An organization that consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance. |
Reparations | Money for war damages. |
Inflation | Sharply rising prices ruined the value of Germany's currency. |
Lignite | A soft, brown coal. |
Dikes | Embankments of earth and rock to hold back the water. |
Polder | An area of low-lying land that has been reclaimed from the sea. |
Decentralize | Is a government that is transfer power to smaller regions. |
Cantons | States formed the Swiss confederation to fight an Austrian emperor. |
Neutral | Not taking sides in war. |
perishable good | Meaning that it does not stay fresh for long, most of it is turned into processed products like chocolate and cheese for exports. |
Strip mining | Whereby miners strip away the surface of the earth to lay bare the mineral deposits. |
Navigable | Is deep and wide enough to allow ships to pass. |
Dry farming | Methods that have leave land unplanted every few years in order to gather moisture. |
Hub | A central point of concentrated activity and influence of new transportation routes. |
Seismic activity | Has many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. |
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, fifteenth, and sixteenth. |
Grabens | Areas of land that have dropped between faults were flooded. |
Inhabitable | Able to support permanent residents. |
Tsunami | A huge wave primarily by a disturbance beneath the ocean. |