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chp 7 geo.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| invader | a person who marches into another country in order to overrun it |
| dike | a wall that prevents flooding and keeps back the sea |
| eurasia | the words largest land mass; the contitnents of european and asia together |
| pass | an opening in a mountian range |
| peak | the top of a mountian |
| polder | a peice of land that once was part of the sea |
| misrtal | a stong cold dry northernly wind from the alps that blows across southern france |
| dialect | a different from of a language |
| foreigner | a person from another country |
| currency | a system of money |
| european union | a group of european nations that agreed to rid trade barreirs and use a common currency |
| tariff | a tax that countries put on goods they import |
| international trade | the buying and selling of goods and services between people in different countries |
| tide | the regular daily rise and fall of ocean waters |
| benelux country | one of the three countries: belgium netherlands or luxmbourg |