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Chapter 14, 15 and 16 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 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. |
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