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63 Cards in this Set
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Estuary |
Wide mouth of the river |
River |
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Fertile soil |
It is very good to grow plants (my own definition) Young soft rocks that are easy to break beneath the surface make the soil fertile |
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Lochs |
Lakes carved by retrieving glaciers |
Glaciers |
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Firths |
Coasts etched deeply by see w/inlets called firths |
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Moors |
Broad treeless rolling plains |
Treeless |
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Bogs |
Areas of wet sponge? / ground |
Wet |
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Tweed |
Handwoven woolen cloth |
Cloth |
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Impressionism |
Painting style of "impressions" made by color, light and shadows |
Painting |
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Dialect |
Variation of a language unique to a region |
Language |
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Economic recession |
Extended decline in business activity |
Decline |
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Nationalized |
Brought some businesses under state control? |
Control |
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Inflation |
Sharply rising prices |
Price |
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Reperations |
Money paid for war damages |
War |
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Confederation |
Loose political union |
Union |
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Prosperous |
Successful, bringing wealth |
Money |
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Lignite |
Soft brown coal, easy to mine. But pollutes air badly |
Coal |
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Cultural diffusion |
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Industrial Revolution |
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Summit |
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Prevailing Westerlies |
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Compulsory |
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Commerce |
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North Atlantic Drift |
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Tertiary |
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Glen |
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Peat |
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Famine |
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Cultural Divergence |
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Headwaters |
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Fjord |
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Blight |
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Geothermal energy |
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Mixed Economy |
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Dike |
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Polder |
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Decentralize |
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Canton |
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Perishable |
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Neutral |
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Strip Mining |
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Dry Farming |
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Navigable |
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Sirocco |
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Mistral |
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Hub |
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Seismic activity |
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Subsidence |
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Plume |
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Crater Lake |
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Graben |
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Inhabitable |
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Tsunami |
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City States |
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Aqueducts |
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Middle ages |
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Crusades |
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Reformation |
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Enlightments |
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Industrial Capitalism |
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Holocaust |
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Cold war |
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European union |
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Supranationalism |
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