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chapter 14-17 def

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Cultural diffusion   in which peoples adopt the practices of their neighbors.  
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Renaissance   Meaning "Rebirth."  
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Industrial Revolution   The growing use of machines.  
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Summit   or highest points.  
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Prevailing Westerlies   The constant flow of air from west to east in the temperate zones of the earth.  
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Euro   a single currency to be used by member nations.  
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Fertile   able to produce abundant crops.  
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Ore   or rocky material containing a valuable mineral.  
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Tertiary economic activity   or service industries, such as finance, insurance, and tourism.  
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Moor   broad, treeless rolling plains.  
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Bog   areas of wet, spongy ground.  
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Glen   is a narrow valley.  
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Peat   a spongy material containing waterlogged mosses and plants.  
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Cultural divergence   or deliberate efforts to keep the cultures separate.  
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Blight   or plant disease.  
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Fjord   flooded glacial valleys.  
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Geothermal energy   or energy produced from the heat of the earth's interior.  
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Mixed economy   or systems combining different degrees of government regulation.  
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Dialect   variations of a language that are unique to a region or community.  
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Impressionism   a certain style of painting.  
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Nationalize   or brought under state control.  
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Recession   an extended decline in business activity.  
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Confederation   or loose political union.  
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Reparation   money for war damages.  
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Inflation   or sharply rising prices.  
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Lignite   a soft, brown coal.  
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Dike   or embankments of earth and rock, to hold back the water.  
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Polder   what the Dutch call reclaimed land from the sea.  
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Decentralize   that is, transfer power to smaller regions.  
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Canton   or states, formed the Swiss Confederation to fight an Austrian emperor.  
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Nuetral   whenever Napoleon's forces were defeated.  
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Perishable good   meaning that it does not stay fresh for long.  
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Strip mining   whereby miners strip away the surface of the earth to lay bare the mineral deposits.  
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Navigable   that is, deep and wide enough to allow ships to pass.  
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Dry farming   methods that leave land unplanted every few years in order to gather moisture.  
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Sirocco   or hot, dry winds from northern Africa, blow over this area.  
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Hub   a central point of concentrated activity and influence of new transportation routes.  
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Seismic activity   that is, it has many 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   areas of land that have dropped down between faults, were flooded.  
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Inhabitable   that is, able to support permanent residents.  
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Tsunami   giant sea waves.  
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