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15 Cards in this Set
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Dialect |
Variations of a language that are unique to a region or community |
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Impressionism |
A style of art where painters try to catch visual impressions made by color, light, and shadows |
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Nationalized |
Brought under state control |
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recession |
An extended decline in business activity |
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Confederation |
loose political union |
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reparation |
money for war damages |
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inflation |
sharply rising prices |
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lignite |
soft brown coal |
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dike |
embankments of earth and rock to hold back the water |
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Polder |
An area of low-lying land that has been reclaimed from the sea |
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decentralize |
transfer power to smaller regions |
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Canton |
states |
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neutral |
does not take sides in conflicts between countries |
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perishable good |
meaning that it dos not stay fresh for long
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strip mining |
whereby miners strip away the surface of the earth to lay bare the mineral deposits |
