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19 Cards in this Set
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Dikes |
Large banks of earth and stone, to hold back water. |
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Polders |
Reclaimed lands that were drained and kept dry by windmill usage. |
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Fjords |
Long, narrow, steep-sided inlets. |
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Foehns |
Dry winds from the mountains. |
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Mistral |
Strong north winds from the Alps. |
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Siroccos |
High, dry winds from North Africa. |
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Chaparral |
Shrubs and small trees. |
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City-state |
Separate communities that were influenced by the ancient Greeks. |
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Crusades |
Series of brutal religious wars. |
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Reformation |
A religious movement that lessened the power of the Roman Catholic Church. |
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Industrial capitalism |
Economic system in which business leaders uses profits to expand their companies. |
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Cold War |
Power struggle between the communist world (Soviet Union) and the noncommunist world (US). |
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Good Friday Peace Agreement |
In 1998, it paved the way for Protestant and Roman Catholic communities to share politcal power. |
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Maastricht Treaty |
Set up the EU and them and the Netherlands. |
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Heavy industry |
Manufacture of machinery and industrial equipment |
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Light industry |
Makes textile and processes food. |
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Farm cooperatives |
Organizations in which farmers share in growing and selling products, reduce costs and increase profits. |
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Collective farms |
Receiving wages plus a share of products or profits. |
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State farms |
Not sharing in the profits but getting wages like factory workers. |
