6th Grade:History
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| landlocked | having no border with ocean or sea
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| pass | space people can use to travel through a mountain range
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| navigable | referring to a body of water wide and deep enough for ships to use
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| deciduous | trees that lose their leaves in the fall
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| coniferous | referring to evergreen trees that have their seeds in cones
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| mistral | cold, dry winter wind form the North that strikes southern France
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| sirocco | hot winds from Africa that blow across Southern Europe
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| classical | referring to the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome
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| city-state | independent political unit that includes a city and a surrounding area
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| reunification | the act of being brought back together
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| neutrality | refusal to take sides in a war between other countries
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| dry farming | agriculture that conserves water and uses crops and growing methods suited to semiarid environments
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| autonomy | having independence from another country
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| subsidy | special payment made by a government to support a particular group or industry
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| command economy | economic system in which the government to support a particular group or industry
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| market economy | economic system in which individuals make the decisions about how resources are used and what goods and services to provide
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| potash | mineral salt used in making fertilizer
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| ethnic cleansing | forcing people from one ethnic or religious group to leave an area so that it can be used for another group
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| democracy | form of limited government in which power with the people, and all citizens share in running the government
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| republic | government in which people choose their leaders
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| emperor | all-powerful leader
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| pope | head of the Roman Catholic church
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| feudalism | form of government in which power is divided between the federal or national government and the state government
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| nation-state | country formed of people who share common culture and history
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| revolution | one complete circuit around the sun;sweeping change
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| Holocaust | mass killing of 6 million European Jews by Germanys Nazi leaders during WW11
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| communism | system of government in which the government controls the ways of producing goods.
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| ethnic group | people with a common language, history, religion and some physical traits
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| welfare group | country where the government is the main provider of support for the sick, needy, and the retired
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| fertility rate | average number of children born to each woman
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| urbanization | growth of cities
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| secular | nonreligious
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| consitutional monarchy | form of government in which a monarch is the head of state but selected officals run
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| parliamentary democracy | form government in which voters elect representatives to law making body called Parliament, and members of Parliament vote for an official called the prime minister to head the government
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| peat | plants partly decayed in water which can be dried and burned for fuel
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| bog | low swampy area
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| productivity | measure of how much work a person produces in a set amount of time
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| geyser | spring of water heated by molten rock inside the earth that, from time to time shoots hot water into the air
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| fjord | narrow u-shaped coastal valley with steep sides formed by the actions of glaciers
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| geothermal energy | electricity produced by natural underground sources of steam
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| specialization | focusing on certain economic activities to make the best use of resources
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| high-technology industry | areas of business that include making computer and other products with sophisticated engineerings
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| bilingual | accepting two official languages; able to speak two languages
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| polder | reclaimed wetlands that use a system of dikes and pumps to keep out the sea water
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| multinational company | company that has locations in more than one country
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