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Geography Def. 1
Geography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Glaciation | Process in which glaciers form and spread |
| Loess | Fine, rich, wild-borne soil left |
| Dike | Large banks of earth and stone |
| Polders | Low-lying area from which seawater has been drained to create new farmland |
| Fjords | Long, narrow steep-sided inlets |
| Permafrost | Soil that is permanently frozen below the surface |
| Timberline | The elevation above which trees cannot grow |
| Mistral | Strong North wind from the Alps |
| Siroccos | Hot, dry winds from North Africa |
| Foehn | Blows down from the mountains into valleys and plains |
| Avalanche | Destructive masses of ice, snow, and rock sliding down mountainsides |
| Immigrant | Person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence |
| Refugee | Person who flees to another country for safety |
| Middle Ages | A.D. 500-A.D. 1500; known as the period between modern and ancient times |
| Feudalism | System in which monarchs or lords gave land to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty |
| Reformation | Religious movement of the 1500s that lessened the power of the Roman Catholic Churches and introduced Protestantism to Europe |
| Enlightenment | Movement to value reason and question tradition |
| Industrial Revolution | Transformed manufacturing in Europe by replacing human labor with machines |
| Industrial Capitalism | Economic system in which owners used profits to expand their companies |
| Communism | Philosophy that called for economic equality and ownership resources by workers |
| Cold War | Power struggle between the Soviet-Controlled Communist world and the non-communist world |
| European Union | Organization whose goal is to unite Europe so that goods, services, and workers can move freely among member countries |
| Welfare States | Nation in which the government assumes major responsibility for people's well-being in areas such as health and education |
| Romanticism | Focused on emotions, stirring historical events, and the struggles of individuals |
| Guest Worker | Foreigner who works on a temporary basis in a country other than ones in which they are citizens |
| Crusades | A series of brutal religious wars |
| Reparations | Payment for damages |
| Holocaust | Mass killing of more than 6 million European Jews |
| Realism | Focused on accurately depicting the details of everyday life |
| Impressionist | Moved outdoors to capture immadiate experiences |
| City-State | Separate communities |
| Renaissance | Europe's period of artistic and intellectual achievement |
| Balkanization | The division of a region into smaller regions that are often hostile to each other |
| Ethnic Cleansing | The expelling from a country or killing of rival ethnic groups |
| Heavy Industry | The manufacturing of machinery and industrial equipment |
| Light Industry | Manufacturing aimed at making consumer goods such as textiles or food processing rather than heavy machinery |
| Mixed Farming | Raising several kinds of crops and livestock on the same farm |
| Farm Cooperative | Organizations in which farmers share in growing and selling products |
| Genetically Modified Food | Foods with genes altered to make them bigger or faster or be more pest-resistant |
| Organic Farming | Using natural substances instead of chemicals to increase crop yields |
| Maastricht Treaty | Set up the European Union |
| Dry Farming | Way of farming in dry areas that produces crops without any irrigation and relies on farming methods that conserve soil moisture |
| Acid Rain | Precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids which damages buildings, forests, and crops, and kills wildlife |
| Meltwater | The result of melting snow and ice |
| Acid Deposition | Wet or dry acid pollution that falls to the ground |
| Environmentalist | Person concerned with the quality of the environment |
| Global Warming | Gradual warming of the earth and it's atmosphere that may be caused in part by pollution and an increase in the greenhouse effect |
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