Word Geo

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The study of earths surface and the process that shape it, the connections between places, and the relationships between people and their enviroment

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geography

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the position of the earth in which a place can be found

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absolute location

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the position of a place in relation to another place

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relative location

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Bthe world of plants, animals, and other living thing in the earths land and water.

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biosphere

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the term used for weather patterns that an area typically experiences over a long period of time

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climate

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the condition of the botton layer of the earths atmosphere in one place over a short period of time

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weather

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the interaction of plant life, animal life and the physical enviroment in which they live

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ecosystem

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leaf shedding a type of tree that sheds its leaces during one section

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deciduous

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cone bearing; a type of tree able to survive long, cold winters, with long, thin needles rather than leaves

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coniferous

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descriptive of a system of government in which the leaders hold all plitical power

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authoritarian

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a system of government in which the people are invested with the power to choose their leaders and determine government

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democracy

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system of government in which absolute power is held by a small grouip of one person

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dictatorship

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a system in which decisions about production, price, and other economic factors are determined by the law of srpply and demand

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market economy

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a material in which the natural enviroment that people value and use to satisfy their needs

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natural resource

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a countries freedom and power to decide on policies and actions

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sovereignty

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economic systems in which families produce goods and services for their own use

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traditional economy

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independence

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autonomy

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pride is ones nation; the dasire of a cultural group themselves as a seperate nation

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nationalism

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a rich topsoil found in the russian steppes and other mid-latitude grass lands

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chernozem

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a set of religious biliofs based on a strict interpretation of a scared text

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fundamentalism

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the transformation of arabie land into desert either naturally or through human intervention

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desertification

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an islamic place of religious worship

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mosque

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political disorder and violince, lawlessness

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anarchy

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severe restriction of trade with other countries

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embargo

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region in the middle east where farming and the first civilizations developed

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fertile cresent

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a system of government in wich individual political units keep their soverignity but give limited power to a central government

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confederation

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a tall slender tower atached to a mosque

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minaret

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the process of removing salt from seawater so that it can be used for drinking and irrigation

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desalinition

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a temperate grass land found in Europe and Asia

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ste[[e

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to surrendur ones office, thrine of athority

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abdicate

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a policy of openess introduced to the Soviet union in the late 1980's

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glasnost

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a policy of economic reconstructing

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perestroika

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anyone of varios governing counsil is

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soviet

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wide mouth of a river where fresh water meets salt water

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estuary

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the common currency used by member nations of the european union

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command economy

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snogy material containg water logged and decating mosses and plants, sometimes dried and used as fuel

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peat

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a plant disease

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blight

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a narrow valley or inlet from the sea, origionally carved out by an advancing glacier and filled by melting glacial ice

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fjord

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energy produced from the earths intense interior heat

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geothermal energy

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a system combining different degrees of government regulation

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mixed economy

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to bring a business under state controll

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nationalize

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an extended decline in business activity

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recession

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money paid for war damages

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reparatioin

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a sharp, widespread rise in prices

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inflation

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an area of lowlying land that has been reclained fron the sea

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polder

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a political division or state; one of the states in switerland

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canton