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30 Cards in this Set
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system that uses small needles put into different parts of the body to treat disease and
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Acupuncture
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a serious disease that has no cure.
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AIDS
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another name for farming, growing crops, and raising livestock.
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Agriculture
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country that joins another country in a common
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Ally
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means very old.
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Ancient
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South Africa kept racial groups a part. Apartheid ended in 1991.
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Apartheid
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means to put parts together
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Assemble
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means usual.
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Average
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person who has more than one billion (one thousand million) dollars.
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Billionaire
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a religion based on the teachings of Buddha.
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Buddhism
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crop that can be sold, especially a crop that is exported.
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Cash Crop
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group of people in Hindu religion
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Caste
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is the way people in India are divided into groups.
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Caste System
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little picture that stands for a word or an idea in Japanese, Chinese, and other languages.
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Character-
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the Christian religion
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Christianity
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member of a country
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Citizen
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people of the same country fight against each other.
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Civil War
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kind of weather a place usually has over period of time.
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Climate
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huge government- owned farm in China.
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Collective
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land that is ruled by another nation.
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Colony
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type of farming in which cash crops are grown
on large plantations. |
Commercial Agriculture
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government owns and controls all of a country’s farms, businesses, and money.
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Communism-
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system, the government controls everything in a nation.
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Communist
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is the government of a Communist country.
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Communist Party
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fight that often lasts a long time.
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Conflict
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way of living based on the teachings of Confucius.
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Confucianism
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large body of land on Earth.
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Continent
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beliefs, ideas, art and customs of a group
of people. |
Culture
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the money used by a country
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Currency
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the people vote for their leaders in free elections.
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Democracy
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