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18 Cards in this Set
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balkanization
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The process of breaking up a region into small mutually hostile units
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Baltic Republics
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The countries of Latvia,Lithuania and Estonia located on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea
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Bantu Migration
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The movement of the bantu peoples so ward throughout Africa spreading their language and culture from around 500 B.C. to around A..D 1000
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Basic Necessity
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Food Clothing and shelter
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Benelux
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The economic union of Belguim the Netherlands and Luxumbourge
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Beringia
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a land bridge thought to have connected to now Siberia and Alaska
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Berlin Conference
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A conference of 14European nation held in 1884-1885 in Berlin, Germany to establish rules prolitical control of Africa
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Berlin Wall
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Wall erected by East Germany in 1961 to cut the capital of berlin in two and later dismantled in 1989
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Bikini Atoll
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The isolated reef, located in the marshall islands of the central pacific that was the site of US nuclear bomb tests consequently contamination the atoll with high levels of radiation and driving its inhabitants away
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Biodiversity
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the cariety of organisms withing an ecosystem
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Biological weapon
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a bacterium or cirus that can be used to harm or kill people animals or plants
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Biome
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a regional ecosystem
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Biosphere
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all the parts of the earth where plants and animals live including the atmoshphere the lithosphere and hydrosphere
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birthrate
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the number of live births per total poplulation expressed per thousand population
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blizzard
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a heavy snow storm with winds of more than 35 per hour and reduced visibility of less than one quarter
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Boxer Rebellion
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an uprisin in China in 1900 spurred angry Chinese militants or Boxers over foreign control several hundred Europeans christians and Chinese died
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British Columbia
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Canadas westernmost province location within the Rocky Mountain range
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Buddhism
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a religion that originated in India about 500 BC and spread to China, where it grew into a major religion
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