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sequent occupance
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a process of settlement by successive groups of people in which each group creates a distinctive cultural landscape
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famine
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a widespread shortage of food
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constitutional monarchy
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a type of goverment with a king or queen as headof state and a parliament as the lawmaking branch
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nationalized
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the process by which organizations or businesses become owned and operated by the government
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primate city
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a city that ranks first and dominates a country in terms of population and economy
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Euopean Union
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organization of European countries featuring close cooperation on trade, economic, politicial, and social issues
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cosmopolition
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having many foreign influences
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uninhabitable
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unable to support human life and settlements
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geysers
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hot springs that shoot water in the air
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socialism
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an economic system in which the government owns and controlss the means of producing goods
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