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20 Cards in this Set
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Swahili
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The Bantu-speaking people and the Bantu language of eastern Africa
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sultan
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A monarch in a Muslim country long ago
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plantation
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A huge farm
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triangular trade
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A system in which traders exchanged goods for slaves, sold the slaves for products from plantations, and then sold the products in Europe
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isolation
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Separation from others
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ambassador
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A representative of a government
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population pyramid
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A graph that shows how a country's population is divided by age and by gender (male or female)
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jizya
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A special tax paid to the Ottoman government by non-Muslims so that they could follow their own religions and religious leaders
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Janissary
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A member of a well-trained group of soldiers who served in the Ottoman army
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miniature
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A very small painting or picture
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Indochina
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A peninsula in Asia that includes the present-day countries of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, and part of Malaysia
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projections
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One of many different views showing around Earth on a flat map
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equal-area projection
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A map projection that shows the sizes of regions in correct relation to one another but distorts shapes
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distortion
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An area that is not accurate on a map projection
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conformal projection
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A map projection that shows directions correctly but distorts sizes, especially of places near the poles
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Aborigine
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The name given to the original inhabitants of Australia
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dreamtime
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An ancient time, according to Australian Aborigines, when spirits created the land and gave all things in it to the people
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penal colony
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A settlement for criminals; a prison colony
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tabu
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Forbidden
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kastom
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A system of behavior in the Pacific Islands, based on customs and traditional beliefs
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