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33 Cards in this Set
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Glaciation |
Formation of glaciers. |
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Timberline |
Elevation above where trees can grow. |
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Avalanches |
Destructive mass which slides down a mountainside. |
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Permafrost |
Soil that is permanently frozen beneath the surface. |
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Ethnic groups |
Groups of people with a shared ancestry, language, customs, and often religion. |
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Ethnic cleansing |
When leaders would expel or kill rival ethnic groups in an area. |
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Refugees |
People who flee to a foreign country for safety. |
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Urbanization |
Concentration of population in towns and cities. |
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Middle Ages |
Period between ancient and modern times. |
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Feudalism |
System in which monarchs gave land to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty. |
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Enlightenment |
Movement where the importance of reason was emphasized. |
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Communism |
Society based on economic equality in which the workers would control the factories and industrial production. |
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Reparations |
Payment for damages. |
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Holocaust |
Mass killing of over 6 million European Jews and others by Germany's Nazi leaders. |
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European Union |
Organization whose goal was a United Europe. |
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Dialects |
Local forms of languages. |
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Language family |
Group of related languages that developed from an earlier language. |
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Romanticism |
Focused on the emotions, stirring historical events, and the exotic. |
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Realism |
Artistic style that focused on accurately depicting the details of everyday life. |
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Impressionist |
French painters who moved outdoors to capture immediate expressions. |
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Welfare states |
Countries that have tax-supported programs foe higher education, health care, and social security. |
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European Union (EU) |
Unites most of western Europe into one trading community, enjoys a greater volume of trade than any single country in the world. |
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Mixed farming |
Raising several kinds of crops and livestock on the same farm. |
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Genetically modified foods |
Foods with genes altered to make them grow bigger or faster or become more resistant to pests. |
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Organic farming |
Using natural substances instead of fertilizers and chemicals. |
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Dry farming |
Produces crops without any irrigation and relies on farming methods that conserve soil moisture. |
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Acid rain |
Pollution combined with moisture in the air. |
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Meltwater |
Result of melting snow and ice. |
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Acid deposition |
Wet/day acid pollution hat falls to the ground, harms not only Europe's natural environment but also it's historic building. |
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Environmentalists |
People concerned with the quality if the environment. |
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Greenhouse effect |
Gases trapped near the earths surface. |
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Global warming |
Earths average temperature rising 2.5*-10.4* F by the year 2100. |
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Biologists |
Scientists who study plant and animal life. |
