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Ch. 14 - 17

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Term
Definition
cultural diffusion   show
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renaissance   show
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show The shift from human power to machine power  
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show The highest point of a mountain or similar elevation  
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show The constant flow of air from west to east in the temperate zones of the earth  
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show The common currency used by member nations of the European Union  
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show Required  
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fertile   show
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show A rocky material containing a valuable mineral  
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show An economic activity in which people do not directly gather or process raw materials but pursue activities that serve others; service industry  
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moor   show
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show An area of wet, spongy ground  
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show A narrow valley  
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show Spongy material containing waterlogged and decaying mosses and plants, sometimes dried and used as fuel  
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show The restriction of a culture from outside influences  
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show A plant disease  
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show A narrow valley or inlet from the sea, originally carved out by an advancing glacier and filled by melting glacial ice  
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show Energy produced from the earths intense interior heat  
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show A system combining different degrees of government regulation  
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dialect   show
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impressionism   show
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show Pride in one's nation; the desire of a cultural group to rule themselves as a separate nation  
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show An extended decline in business activity,  
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confederation   show
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show Money paid for war damage  
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show A sharp, widespread rise in prices  
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show The watering of farmland with water drawn from reservoirs or rivers  
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show An embankment of earth and rock built to hold back water  
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polder   show
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decentralize   show
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canton   show
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neutral   show
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perishable good   show
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show The process whereby miners strip away the surface of the earth to lay bare the mineral deposits  
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navigable   show
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show a farming technique that leaves land unplanted every few years in order to gather moisture  
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show a hot, dry wind from the northern Africa  
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hub   show
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show Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions  
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subsidence   show
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graben   show
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inhabitable   show
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show a huge wave caused primarily by disturbance beneath the ocean, such as an earthquake or a volcanic eruption.  
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