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ch 14-17 voc
Term | Definition |
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cultural diffusion | the restriction of a culture from outside influences |
renaissance | the revival of art, literature, and learning that took place in europe during the 14,15 and 16 centuries |
industrial revolution | the shift from human power or environment |
summits | the highest point of a 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 abundantly |
ore | a rocky material containing a valuable mineral |
tertiary economic activity | and economic activity in which people do nt directly gather or process raw material but pursue activities that serve others:service 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 |
peat | spongy material containing waterlogged and decating mosses and plants, sometimes dried and used as fuel |
cultural divergence | the restriction of culture from outside influences |
blight | a plant disease |
fjord | a narrow valley or inlet from 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 combining different degrees of gov regulation |
dialect | a variation of a spoken language that is unique to a region or community |
impressionism | a style of art where painters seismic try to catch visual impressions mad by color, light, and shadows |
nationalize | to bring a business under state control |
recession | an extended decline in business activity |
confederation | a system of gov in which individual political units heep their sovereignty but give limited power to a central gov |
reparation | money paid for war damages |
inflation | a sharp, widespread rise in prices |
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 from the sea |
decentralize | the transformation of arable land into desert either naturally or through human intervention |
navigable | deep and wide enough to allow the passage of ships |
dey farming | a farming technique that leaves land unplanted anted every few years in order to gather moisture |
sirocco | a hot dry wind from norther africa |
hub | a central point of concentrated activity and influence |
seismic activity | earthquakes and volcanic eruptions |
subsidence | a geo phenomenon in which the ground in an area sinks |
graben | a long narrow area that has dropped between two faults |
inhabitable | able to support permanent residents |
tsunami | a huge wave caused primarily by a disturbance beneath the ocean such as an earthquake or a volcanic eruption |