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Semester Study Guide

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dike   a large barrier built to keep out water  
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polder   the land reclaimed from building dikes and then draining the water from the land  
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estuary   an area where the river currents and the ocean tide meet  
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feudalism   the political and social system in which kings gave land to nobles in exchange for the nobles’ promise to serve them; those nobles provided military service as knights for the king  
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middle ages   a time of transition between ancient times and modern times  
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parliament   the national legislature of England  
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glaciation   the process of becoming covered by glaciers  
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fjord   a narrow, u-shaped coastal valley with steep sides formed by the action of glaciers  
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tundra   a flat, treeless plain with permanently frozen ground  
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scrubland   land that is dry and hot in the summer and cool and wet in the winter; only small trees and shrubs can survive there  
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city-state   an independent political unit that includes a city and the surrounding area  
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longships   a ship with oars and sails used by Vikings  
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pagan   someone who believes in more than one god or has little/no religious belief  
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renaissance   a period of rapid growth and development in literature and science after the Middle Ages  
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homogenous   alike or the same throughout  
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tsunami   a giant ocean wave that is caused by earthquakes  
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archipelago   a group of islands  
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dynasty   a line of rulers from a single family that holds power for a long time  
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samurai   a powerful land-owning warrior in ancient Japan  
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shogun   a military leader who ruled Japan in early times  
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delta   an area where sand, silt, clay, or gravel is dropped at the mouth of a river (triangle shape)  
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silt   small particles of rich soil  
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wadis   a dry riverbed that fills with water when rare rains fall in a desert  
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ergs   a large area of sand  
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nomad   a person who lives by moving from place to place to follow and hunt herds of migrating animals or to lead herds of grazing animals to fresh pastures  
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aquifer   an underground layer of rock through which water flows  
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pharaoh   Egyptian king, had religious significance, considered descended from gods  
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hieroglyphics   the system of writing that uses small pictures to represent sounds or words  
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monotheism   belief in and worship of only one god  
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caliph   the successor to Muhammad (islamic rulers)  
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fundamentalists    
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civil war    
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souk    
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fellaheen    
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constitution    
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outback    
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monolith    
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aboriginal    
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coral reef    
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hot springs    
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geysers    
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drought    
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marsupial    
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eucalyptus    
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dingoes    
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boomerang    
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tikanga    
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kapahaka    
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stations    
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didgeridoo    
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bush    
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introduced species    
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action songs    
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geothermal energy    
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continental island    
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high island    
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lagoon    
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wayfinding    
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fale    
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pidgin    
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