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ch 14-17

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cultural diffusion   the process by witch people adopt the practice of their neighbors  
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renaissance   the revival of art literature and learning that took place in Europe during the fourteenth fifteenth and sixteenth centuries  
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industrial revolution   the shift from human power to machine power  
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summit   the highest point of a mountain or similar elevation  
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prevailling westerlies   the constant flow of air from the east to the temperate zones of the earth  
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euro   the common currency used by member nation of the European union  
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compulsory   required  
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fertile   able to produce abundantly  
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ore   a rocky material containing a valuable mineral  
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tertiary economic activity   an economic activity in which people do not directly gather or process raw materials but pursue  
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moor   broad, treeless rolling land  
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bog   Wet muddy ground too soft to support a heavy body  
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glen   A narrow valley  
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peat   A brown, soil-like material characteristic of boggy, acid ground, consisting of partly decomposed vegetable matter. It is widely cut and dried for use in gardening and as fuel  
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cultural   relating to the ideas, customs, and social behavior of a society  
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blight   a plant disease  
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fjord   A long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, as in Norway and Iceland, typically formed by submergence of a glaciated valley  
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geothermal energy   energy produced from the heat of the earth's interior  
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mixed econmy   systems combining different degrees of government regulation  
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dialect   variations of a language hat are unique to a region or community  
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imressionism   leader in a style of painting  
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nationalize   brought under state control, some businesses considered vital to national interests  
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recession   an extended decline in business activity  
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confederation   loose political union  
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reparation   money for war damages  
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inflation   sharply rising prices, ruined the value of Germany's currency  
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lignite   a soft brown coal  
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dike   embankments of earths rock to hold back water  
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polder   land reclaimed from the sea  
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decentralize   transfer power to smaller regions  
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canton   states  
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neutral   not taking sides  
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perishable good   does not stay fresh for long  
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strip mining   the mining of ore or coal from an open mine  
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navigable   deep and wide enough to allow the passage of ships  
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dry framing   a farming technique that leaves land unplanned every few years in order to gather moisture  
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sirocco   a hot fry wind form the northern africa  
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hub   a central pint of concentrated activity and influence  
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seismic activity   earthquakes and volcanic eruptions  
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subsidence   a geological phenomenon in which the ground in an area sinks  
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graben   a long narrow area that has dropped between two faults  
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inhabitable   able to support permanent residents  
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tsunmai   a huge wave caused primarily by a disturbance beneath the ocean such as an earthquake or a volcanic eruption  
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