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30 Cards in this Set
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Fjords:
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Narrow deep inlets of the sea set between rocky cliffs.
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Polders:
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Lands reclaimed from the sea in the Netherlands.
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Dikes:
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Walls built to hold back water.
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Navigable:
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Able to be used for shipping.
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North Atlantic Drift:
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Warm ocean current that moderates climates in northwestern Europe.
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Loess:
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Fine-grained, windblown soil that is very fertile.
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Famine:
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A wide-spread shortage of food.
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Constitutional Monarchy:
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A type of government with a kind or queen as head of 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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European Union:
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Organization of European countries featuring close cooperation on trade, economic, political, and social issues.
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Cosmopolitan:
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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 into the air.
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Socialism:
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An economic system in which the government owns and controls the means of producing goods.
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Alliances:
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Agreements between countries to support one another against enemies.
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Balance of power:
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Condition existing when countries or alliances have such equal levels of strength that war is prevented.
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Confederation:
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A group of states joined together for a common purpose.
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Contons:
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Largely self-governing states within a country, such as Switzerland.
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Neutral:
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Characterized by not taking sides in conflict.
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Multilingual:
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Able to speak two or more languages.
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Exclave:
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An area separated from the rest of a country by the territory of other countries.
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Ghetto:
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Section of a city where a minority group is forced to live.
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Complementary region:
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A region formed by the combination of two areas with different activities of strengths, each of which benefits the other.
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Autonomy:
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Self-government.
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Cork:
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Bark that is stripped from the trunks of cork oaks.
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Renaissance:
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A period from about the 1300s to the 1500s marked by a renewed interest in learning in Europe.
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Microstates:
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Very small countries, such as Andorra, Morroco and San Marino.
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City-states:
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Self-governing cities and their surrounding areas, as in ancient Greece.
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Enclaves:
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Areas that are completely surrounded by another region.
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