Social Vocabs
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| Subregion | smaller area of a region
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| Archipelago | group of islands
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| Tributary | a small river that flows into a larger river.
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| Estuary | an area where river currents and ocean tides meet.
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| Canopy | an umbrella-like covering of leaves.
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| Altitudes | a place’s height above sea level
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| Jade | a shiny, green semiprecious stone.
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| Hieroglyphics | a form of writing that uses signs and symbols
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| Empire | a large territory with many different people under one ruler.
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| Cash Crop | farm products growth for export
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| Communist State | government control of the economy.
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| Immigration | the movement of people
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| Carnival | a large festival on the last day before lent
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| Mural | a large painting on a wall
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| Plaza | public
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| Plantation | large farm that raises a single crop to sell.
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| Literacy Rate | the percentage of people who can read or write.
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| Common Wealth | self-governing territory
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| National Debt | money owed by the government
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| Default | to miss a debt payment
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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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| Deciduous | trees that lose theirs leaves
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| Coniferous | evergreen trees that have their seeds in cone.
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| Classical | civilization of ancient Greece and Rome.
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| Emperor | all powerful ruler.
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| Pope | head of the Roman Catholic Church
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| Urbanization | growth of cities
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| Secular | non-religious
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| Bog | low swampy area
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| Bilingual | person that can speak 2 language
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| Neutrality | refusal to take sides in a war between other countries
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| Potash | mineral use to make fertilizer.
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| Fossil Fuel | energy supplies of oil, coal, or natural gas
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| Taiga | large coniferous fossils
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| Smog | a thick haze of fog and chemicals
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| Pollutant | chemical and smoke particles that cause pollution
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| Missionary | person who moves to another area to spread the religion
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| Czar | emperor
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| Navigable | deep, wide, or safe enough for a boat to go through
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| Nationalism | feelings of loyalty toward a person’s country
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| Autonomy | independent from something
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| Middle Class | a social group that is neither very rich nor poor
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| Silt | small particles of rich soil.
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| Phosphate | mineral salts used to make fertilizers.
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| Poaching | illegal hunting or fishing.
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| Oasis | area of fertile in a desert
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| Steppe | grassy plain that borders a desert.
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| Rationing | the limiting of a resources to people.
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| Maize | corn
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